News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution establishes the country as a “secular state" but defines secularism as “protection of the age-old religion and culture and religious and cultural freedom." It provides for the right to profess and practice one’s own religion. The constitution prohibits converting persons from one religion...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular and affirms the separation of religion and state. It provides for freedom of religion and equality before the law without distinction as to religion. It prohibits “denominational propaganda" that inhibits national unity. The government maintained its...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. Relations between the government and religious organizations continued to improve, according to religious leaders and media reports. In April, NGOs and media reported 55 members of a “separatist religious movement" died in clashes with police after the group’s leader called on his followers to be “ruthless" in “chasing out" members of different ethnic groups.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: Republic of Cyprus. Since 1974, the southern part of Cyprus has been under the control of the government of the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part, administered by Turkish Cypriots, proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (“TRNC") in 1983. The United States does not recognize ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The Alternative Service Act, which provides for alternative options for conscientious objectors to mandatory military service, took effect Jan. 1, with applications beginning on June 30 and actual service...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statements on the reintroduction of several...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
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 | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for the separation of religion and state and stipulates all persons are entitled to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, except as required by law to protect public safety, order, health, morals, or the rights of others. It also provides for equal protection under the...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to teach their religion. Religious groups must register with the government. In contrast with the previous year, there were no incidents reported involving the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The group resumed services and repaired houses of worship that were vandalized in 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: RENO, Nevada - With an anticipated spike in the number of people traveling during the summer months, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted its use of new technologies and modified security procedures to help protect the health and safety of travelers departing Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO).
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of all religions. Religious organizations may register as legal entities classified as religious associations and thereby acquire tax-exempt status and other government benefits. Seventh-day Adventists continued to state some public educational institutions...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution states the King holds the title “Commander of the Faithful" and that he is the protector of Islam and the guarantor of the freedom to practice religious affairs in the country. It prohibits political parties founded on religion, as well as political parties, parliamentarians, and constitutional...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution and laws provide for freedom of religion and the right to profess freely one’s faith. The constitution grants the Roman Catholic Church preferential legal status, but there is no official state religion. Several religious groups continued to express frustration that the government required...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution declares the state shall respect all religions and shall ensure the freedom to perform religious rituals as long as these “do not disturb the public order." There is no official state religion. Sectarian violence continued due to tensions among religious groups that, according to nongovernmental...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. Relations between the government and religious organizations continued to improve, according to religious leaders and media reports. In April, NGOs and media reported 55 members of a “separatist religious movement" died in clashes with police after the group’s leader called on his followers to be “ruthless" in “chasing out" members of different ethnic groups.
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 Interior Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Weather-permitting, the following roads will open Friday, May 14, at 8 a.m. to public motorists.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jerod Walker, 22, of Española, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on May 6 to two years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics for April 2021 regarding the crisis at our southern border...
