News from June 2020
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System."
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the official religion and states no law may be enacted contradicting the “established provisions of Islam." It provides for freedom of religious belief and practice for all individuals, including Muslims, Christians, Yezidis, and Sabean-Mandeans, but does not explicitly...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states freedom of religion is a fundamental right; individuals may practice freely the religion of their choice or practice no religion at all. The law prohibits discrimination based on religion. The practice of Obeah, an Afro-Caribbean belief system with some similarities to Voodoo,...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but stipulates followers of religions other than Islam may exercise their faith within the limits of the law. Conversion from Islam to another religion is considered apostasy, which is punishable by death, imprisonment, or confiscation of property...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and other laws protect the right of individuals to choose, practice, profess, and change their religion. The law provides for freedom of religion and worship and provides for equal rights in accordance with the constitution and international law. The law requires religious groups to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced June 9, 2020 that VICTOR RAMIREZ, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced on an indictment for false statements in a passport application in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1542.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states the country is a secular state, and both it and other laws provide for the right of individuals to choose and change their religion and to practice the religion of their choice. Religious-based attacks, targeted killings, and kidnappings continued in the Sahel Region and spread...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for the right to practice or not to practice religion freely and prohibits discrimination based on religion. These and other rights may temporarily be suspended or restricted only in the event of a declaration of a state of war, siege, or emergency. The constitution prohibits...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others. Religious and civil society groups reported the government occasionally monitored...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution “prohibits discrimination based on religious belief" and “protects religious liberty, as long as the exercise of religious freedom is not harmful to the security of the State." The law officially recognizes five religious groups: Buddhists, Muslims, Brahmin-Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal complaint unsealed recently charges Andrew T. Whitehouse, age 25, of Tooele with distribution of heroin in a case where a Tooele resident, identified as J.B. in the complaint, died from a drug overdose.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, which includes freedom of thought and religion, subject to the interests of defense, public safety, order, morality, and health, and to the protection of other persons’ rights and freedoms. The law prohibits religious discrimination and allows all...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion. Religious groups with memberships equal to or greater than 2 percent of the population are required to register with the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded $56,996 to the City of Sanford and $41,186 to the City of Waterville to address the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits the government from taking any action to compel, prohibit, or hinder the exercise of religion. On Jan. 11, the government celebrated the National Day of Prayer that “welcomes all expressions of religion, no matter what a person’s choosing is and without reservation or reproach.".
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 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 State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution specifies the state is secular and protects the rights of all citizens to exercise their religious beliefs, consistent with the nation’s laws. Religious groups other than Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims must register with the government. The government again did not approve...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees every citizen “the right to freely profess and practice religion subject to public order, morality, or health and to the other provisions of this Constitution." The law prohibits speech or acts insulting or defaming any religion or religious beliefs. As during previous years,...
