News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man admitted in federal court today that he fraudulently misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization for physically and psychologically challenged children.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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. These include funding for expenses, including administration...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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. In August, a court sentenced the individual...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicted the Lead Defendant in 2016.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, belief, and thought. A court case involving a Rastafarian child’s ability to attend school with dreadlocks remained pending, and by court order, the child was able to attend school with his hair...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which cites the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief," but limits protections for religious practice to “normal religious activities," without defining “normal." CCP regulations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role as the leader of a heroin trafficking conspiracy in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits religious organizations from exercising any political authority or receiving privileges from the state. Falun Gong members continued to report difficulty in renting performance spaces, which they attributed to People’s Republic of China...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: Historical and modern constitutional documents provide for freedom of religious belief and affiliation and prohibit religious discrimination. The law prohibits public incitement to hostile acts against religious groups and classifies registered religious groups into one of three categories: religious...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging a Beaverton, Oregon, man for his role in a scheme to steal and resell customer account credentials for popular internet streaming services including Netflix, HBO Max, and Spotify Premium.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for the freedom of religious choice, as long as doing so does not impinge on the rights of others or the national interest. It prohibits religious discrimination, establishment of a state religion, and formation of political parties based on religious affiliation. Two years...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion and bans religious groups from undertaking actions inciting religious hatred. It establishes the separation of religion and state and prohibits pursuit of political goals by religious groups. The law requires all religious groups to register...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that FBI agents arrested Andrew Isaac Abrams of Tucson, Arizona, today on a complaint charging Abrams with transmitting a series of threats in interstate commerce on April 23, 2021. The threats targeted Omaha area schools, including Millard Public Schools, Elkhorn Schools, and Westside Community Schools, and Abrams is further alleged to have made threats to Union Pacific Railroad Headquarters and the Douglas County Courthouse.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution stipulates the state is independent of religion and provides for “freedom of thought, spirituality, religion, and worship, expressed individually or collectively, in public and in private." The constitution and other laws accord educational institutions the right to teach religion, including...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on school nutrition programs...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides all persons the right to religious freedom, including the right to engage in religious ceremonies and acts of worship. The constitution declares the country a secular state. Under the constitution, indigenous communities enjoy a protected legal structure, allowing them some...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution declares Islam to be the religion of the state but declares freedom of belief is “absolute." It declares the state protects the freedom to practice one’s religion, provided such practice does not conflict with established customs, public policy, or morals. The constitution declares sharia...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The provisional federal constitution (PFC) provides for the right of individuals to practice their religion, makes Islam the state religion, prohibits the propagation of any religion other than Islam, and stipulates all laws must comply with the general principles of sharia. Most areas of the country...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Valley Livestock Inc. (Valley Livestock), of Ontario, Calif., on March 19, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Valley Livestock waived their rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $900.
