News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - A Charleston man who participated in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron, Ohio and sold in West Virginia was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bruce David Angeli, 58, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of conscience and religion. It prohibits political parties from preaching religious violence or hate. Laws regulating religious groups require registration with the Ministry of the Interior, and...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states “freedom of belief is absolute" and “the freedom of practicing religious rituals and establishing worship places for the followers of divine (i.e. Abrahamic) religions is a right regulated by law." The constitution states citizens “are equal before the Law," and criminalizes discrimination...
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 prohibits discrimination on any grounds as well as laws establishing any religion. It provides for freedom of religion, including the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religion. Although the constitution prohibits compulsory religious education, some non-Catholic...
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 codifies the separation of religion and the state, establishes freedom of religious choice, prohibits religious discrimination, and stipulates the government shall not interfere in the practice of any religion, nor shall any religion interfere in the affairs of the state. On July 18...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and its public expression and prohibits compelling participation in religious ceremonies. Roman Catholicism is the state religion, and state ceremonies often include Catholic rituals. Religious groups must apply to the government to build a public place ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution recognizes Buddhism as the state’s “spiritual heritage," provides for freedom of religion, and bans discrimination based on religious belief. The constitution states religious institutions and personalities shall remain “above politics." The law restricts religious speech promoting enmity...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion, including the freedom to change religion or belief and to manifest and propagate one’s religion. The government continued to provide extensive support for schools operated by religious groups, including paying and certifying all teachers.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and worship, consistent with law and order, and prohibits religious discrimination. It emphasizes that religious tolerance is fundamental to the nation’s unity, national reconciliation, and social cohesion. It forbids speech that encourages religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. In May a High Court decision ruled unconstitutional the government’s ban on the private use of marijuana, including for religious activities, which affects some practitioners of Rastafarianism. In August...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: According to the 1992 Basic Law of Governance, the country’s official religion is Islam and the constitution is the Quran and Sunna (traditions and practices based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad). The legal system is based largely on sharia as interpreted by the Hanbali school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and other laws and policies prohibit religious discrimination and protect religious freedom, including the freedom to practice any religion or belief through worship, teaching, or observance and to debate religious questions. The constitution provides for special qadi courts to adjudicate...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. Domestic service workers and caretakers are not covered under the labor standards law and are therefore not legally guaranteed a weekly rest day. Due to this exclusion, many domestic workers are not able to attend religious services. Tibetan...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions. On Nov. 27, a Special Tribunal convicted and sentenced to death seven of eight defendants accused in the 2016 killings...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution recognizes equality for all regardless of religion, subject to considerations of public safety or health or the rights of others, and it stipulates the independence of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) from the state. The constitution recognizes the “outstanding role" of the GOC in...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The transitional constitution stipulates separation of religion and state, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides religious groups freedom to worship and assemble, organize themselves, teach, own property, receive financial contributions, communicate and issue publications on religious matters, and establish charitable institutions. Unlike in the previous year, there were no reported incidents of government forces targeting religious communities.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of faith and conscience and the practice of one’s religion. The country’s 16 states exercise considerable autonomy on registration of religious groups and other matters. Unrecognized religious groups are ineligible for tax benefits.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution bars the federal government from making any law that imposes a state religion or religious observance, prohibits the free exercise of religion, or establishes a religious test for a federal public office. In August the government released draft religious freedom laws whose stated aim...
