News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace. Other laws protect individual religious beliefs against abuses by government or private actors. The government continued implementation of the nationality law passed in 2017.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, freedom of religious practice, and state recognition of religious organizations, provided they do not contradict the constitution or the law. The government extends special benefits to nine “traditional" religious groups and more limited benefits to ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - Roman Narvaez Ansazoy, the founder and principal leader of an international drug trafficking enterprise based in Colombia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to leading a continuing criminal enterprise as charged in a superseding indictment. When sentenced, Narvaez will face...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion. The constitution provides for states to establish courts based on sharia or customary...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution and other laws prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religion and worship. The law requires religious groups and faith-based organizations (FBOs) to obtain legal status before beginning operations. It also calls for legal representatives of FBOs and preachers with...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace. Other laws protect individual religious beliefs against abuses by government or private actors. The government continued implementation of the nationality law passed in 2017.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the right to choose, practice, or change one’s faith or life stance (belief in a nonreligious philosophy). It declares the Church of Norway is the country’s established church. The government continued to provide the Church of Norway with ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and practice, as long as it is not prejudicial to good morals or public order. The constitution also protects the right to form religious associations. It names the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) as the state church, to which the government ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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. International media reported that terrorist groups, armed insurgents, and jihadists continued their...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to worship, alone or in community with others, and to change religion or belief. Although the law requires new religious groups to register, unregistered groups were...
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and two former mayors and current members of Congress-Reps. Albio Sires (D-NJ) and...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution grants freedom to practice, worship, and assemble for religious services. The constitution requires the Sabbath, which the government defines as Sunday, be “kept holy" and prohibits most commercial transactions and many recreational activities on Sunday, except as permitted by law. The...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales, who was wanted in his native country for his role in the killing of hundreds of innocent civilians in Dos Erres, Guatemala, in 1982, was turned over by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to law enforcement authorities in Guatemala Friday, May 7.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. It states that while no religion shall have a “state character," the government shall form cooperative relations with the Roman Catholic Church and other religious faiths. The government has a bilateral agreement...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution protects freedom of religion and the right of religious communities to establish their own institutions. It specifies the state and the Roman Catholic Church are independent, with their relations governed by treaties, including a concordat granting the Church a number of specific privileges...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. On Feb. 12, in response to a 2019 High Court ruling that the country’s prohibition of the cultivation and possession of cannabis was unconstitutional and an infringement on the freedom of conscience...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and the right of all individuals to freely profess, practice, and propagate religion; mandates a secular state; requires the state to treat all religions impartially; and prohibits discrimination based on religion. It also states that citizens must...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship, including the right to choose and change one’s religion. The government recognized the first church for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community - The Open and Affirming Church. Representatives of the Rastafarian...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Copper Center, AK - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve Fire Management staff will conduct debris pile burns from May 19th to May 28th, if weather conditions allow. The piles are located at separate sites 15 to 22 miles East and Northeast West of the Gulkana Airport.
