News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and the law protect the right of individuals to choose, change, and practice religion. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced that since 2018 authorities had closed 159 institutions open to the public, including 13 places of worship, to combat Islamism and secluded communities.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs in public and private. It states all religious communities shall enjoy equal rights and prohibits incitement of religious hatred or intolerance. The World Jewish Restitution Organization...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution declares the country a Christian nation but also has provisions that guarantee religious freedom and uphold the country’s multireligious composition. It also prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of conscience and belief. In June the government introduced legislation...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion. Throughout the year, Shia Muslims, under the auspices of the Islamic Movement of...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits incitement of religious hatred. All religious communities have the same religious protections under the law. The government has written agreements with the Roman Catholic Church that provide state financial support ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution grants individuals the right to choose, practice, and change religions; it prohibits discrimination based on religion. The constitution also states secular ethics are the basis for public service and the legal system. The law requires all religious groups to register with the government;...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution, laws, and executive decrees provide for freedom of religion and worship and prohibit discrimination based on religion. The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the religion of the majority of citizens but not as the state religion. Public schools continued to teach Catholicism...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of religion and religious worship and prohibits the establishment of a state religion. On Jan. 21, citizens of the five provinces and three major cities of western Mindanao ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), creating a new Muslim-led autonomous...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion on the condition its practice does not violate public morality, decency, or public order. Roman Catholic and evangelical Protestant leaders stated the de facto Maduro government and its aligned groups disrupted church services, attacked churchgoers, and...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 10, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the US Virgin Islands have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: MUNISING, MI - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is reopening drive-in campsites and backcountry camping. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Ivan Jacob Zecher (27, Jacksonville) with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm. If convicted, Zecher faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each count. At a hearing on June 10, 2020, U.S. Zecher was ordered detained pending trial.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for guarantees freedom of religion, prohibits discrimination based on religion, and permits only such limitations of those rights as necessary to maintain public order under the law. It states that while no religion shall have a “state character," the government shall consider ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act). Today’s release includes a draft repayment contract from the Central Valley Project Centerville Community Services District for a 60-day public comment period. This is one of over 86 repayment contract conversions requested by federal Central Valley Project contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Alexander Knight, 32, of Seminary, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Keith Starrett to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion or traditional belief. The preamble to the constitution refers to traditional Christian values, but there is no state religion. On penalty of a fine, the law requires religious groups to register; however,...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. It names two co-princes - the president of France and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain - as joint heads of state. In accordance with the constitution ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. Relations between the government and religious organizations markedly improved in 2019, following the inauguration of President Felix Tshisekedi in January, according to media reports. In contrast to the previous year, there were no reports of government repression or intimidation of religious organizations engaged in political activities.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and individuals’ right to change, manifest, and propagate the religion of their choosing; it grants religious groups the right to establish and maintain schools and provide religious instruction. The law requires religious groups with more than 250 members...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to worship and to change one’s religion. It prohibits discrimination based on belief. A colonial-era law criminalizing the practices of Obeah and Myalism remains in effect, but it is not enforced. Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck...
