News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man today admitted to a federal court judge that he led a nine-person conspiracy that participated in a four-state scheme to steal heavy construction equipment, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to provide religious instruction. The government continued to report a trend of local actors using...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, a supplement to the constitution, guarantees freedom of religious conviction and states everyone has the right to change, abstain from, and freely practice religion. The Ministry of Culture (MOC) registered one religious group, rejected two, and left one ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the right to practice one’s religious beliefs and express one’s religious opinions in public, and prohibits compulsory participation in religious services or observance of religious groups’ days of rest. In February, the country’s highest court ...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh mango fruit from Colombia into the United States. Based on the analysis, the agency has determined specific phytosanitary ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution stipulates everyone is free to choose his or her faith. It makes the state responsible for “protecting the religious…interests of the people" and establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion. It stipulates other religions may practice their faith within the bounds of morality...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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, punishable by death, imprisonment, or confiscation of property, according...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but mandates equality for persons of all faiths. The government maintained its authority over all Islamic matters and institutions, including assets and personnel of all mosques. Religious groups must register with the government, which conducts...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The law prohibits religious discrimination and restrictions on religious freedom and provides for prosecution of religious hate crimes. Religious groups recognized by the government are eligible to receive contributions from income tax earmarked by individual taxpayers. The law requires Catholic religious ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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 and requires Catholic instruction in public schools. According to media sources...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that their bipartisan legislation - the Build America, Buy America Act - to apply Buy America rules to all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects, has passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and conscience. Religious groups may worship without registering, but registered groups receive benefits. The constitution recognizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the country’s “traditional" religion, and the law exempts the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of worship and the free expression of all beliefs. The constitution recognizes the distinct legal personality of the Roman Catholic Church. Non-Catholic religious groups must register with the Ministry of Government to enter into contracts...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of belief and the right to practice, profess, and promote any religion. Islamic leaders stated that prison officials continued to prevent some newly converted Muslim inmates from updating their religious affiliation in prison records and from meeting with Muslim clergy.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public. In September, the federal government recognized the Belgian Buddhist Union, which first applied for recognition as a nondenominational...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship. According to media and religious leaders, most abuses involving religious freedom occurred in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest Regions, where a violent separatist...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion. It stipulates there is no official religion and the state is neutral in matters of belief, recognizes the equality and independence of religious groups, and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government has distinct agreements ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution and other laws provide for freedom of religion, including the freedom to change one’s religion, and prohibit discrimination based on religious belief. The government does not require religious groups to register and grants religious groups the right to establish and maintain private...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on USDA Research, Education and Economics Mission Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant Misappropriated More Than $700,000 From Investments in Pre-IPO Companies.
