News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and states all persons are equal before the law. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. The constitution grants automatic official recognition to the Roman Catholic Church and states other religious groups may also apply for official recognition...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots →.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of all religions. The law establishes the conditions for official recognition of religious groups. By law, any religious group wanting official recognition must receive government approval, a multiple-step process requiring documentary support. Due to budgetary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Scott Eckrote, age 36, of Granville, New York, appeared in federal court this week on charges that he distributed and possessed child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for the free practice of religious beliefs and self-governance by religious groups without government interference. By law, all faith-based organizations must register with the government to acquire legal status as an association. The government continued a campaign to combat...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution declares there is no state church and protects the freedom of individuals to practice their religion. It prohibits the incitement of religious hatred, violence, or discrimination. The law establishes registration of religious associations and religious societies and regulates their activities.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Executive Summary Title. On Aug. 17, following the April ouster of President Omar al-Bashir after months of popular protests and a military takeover, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition coalition, known as the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC), signed an interim constitutional...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides the right to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private. The law prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. At year’s end, there was one legal action...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and designates Islam as the sole religion of the citizenry and state. Only Muslims may be citizens. On July 29, Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, a blogger held by the government in administrative detention after being sentenced to...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The law and unimplemented constitution prohibit religiously motivated discrimination and provide for freedom of thought, conscience, and belief as well as the freedom to practice any religion. The government recognizes four officially registered religious groups: the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Sunni Islam,...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and guarantees freedom of conscience, religion, and worship. The law requires religious groups to seek government recognition by meeting legally established criteria and allows the government to shutter the premises of...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on creed and provides for the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religious beliefs. The government recognizes six groups as religions: Hindus, Roman Catholics, Muslims, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Seventh-day Adventists. Other...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. The 2014 Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights in the DPRK, however, found an almost complete denial by the government of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, and in many instances, the COI determined...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and protects freedom of religion, conscience, and belief. It also mandates the separation of religion and state. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious affiliation, and laws make inciting hatred or “disaffection" against any religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: This separate section on the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is included given the scope and severity of reported religious freedom violations specific to the region this year.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of thought, freedom to practice one’s religion, and freedom from oaths contrary to one’s beliefs. Rastafarians said they continued to press the government to legalize marijuana use. In July Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states Islam is the “religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony." Federal and state governments have the power to mandate doctrine for Muslims and promote Sunni Islam above all other religious groups. Other forms of Islam are illegal. Those...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: South Korean Engineering Company Pleads Guilty to Defrauding U.S. Army, Agrees to Pay $68.4 Million.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: In the absence of a written constitution, the law establishes the Church of England as England’s state church and the Church of Scotland as Scotland’s national church. The law prohibits “incitement to religious hatred" as well as discrimination on the grounds of religion. The government created and filled...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief. A concordat with the Holy See designates Roman Catholicism as the official state religion and extends to the Catholic Church special privileges not granted to other religious groups. Privileges include funding for expenses, including administration...
