News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) as well as other laws and policies state that residents have freedom of conscience, freedom of religious belief, and freedom to preach, conduct, and participate in religious activities in public. The Bill of Rights Ordinance incorporates...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Adam T. Smith dba Adam Smith Livestock (Smith) of Spring Mills, Pa., on April 7, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Smith waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $875.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Allegations Include Draining the Accounts of Elderly Dementia Patient.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. The government does not require religious groups to register; however, registered groups receive tax-exempt status. The government’s strict lockdown, imposed in March in response to the...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The 2016 constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship. The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and prohibits state institutions from behaving in a manner incompatible with Islam. The law grants all individuals the right to practice their religion if they respect public...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides a guarantee of freedom of religion and the right to worship according to one’s own beliefs but states citizens must accept restrictions established by law to protect the rights of others and, as noted in the constitution, to satisfy “just demands based upon considerations of...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution states no law may be passed to establish a state religion or impair the free exercise of religion. The government provides assistance to all religiously affiliated schools for nonreligious purposes. All such schools are either Catholic or Protestant.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution states freedom of conscience and belief is inviolable, and it provides for the free exercise of religious beliefs. The constitution prohibits federal, state, and local governments from either supporting or hindering any religion. According to media reports, a military officer threatened...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom of individuals to change their religion. Religious organizations may register as nonprofit religious institutions with the government or register as corporations, which requires an application to parliament. Early in the year, the...
By EPA 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 DOE Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: University-Led R&D Projects Look to Increase the Performance and Reliability of Hydrogen Power and Advance Zero-Emissions Technology
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Frenchville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months’ imprisonment and one year supervised release on her convictions of aiding and assisting in the preparation or filing of a false income tax return and criminal contempt and false statement to the government, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: A Cedar Falls man who illegally acquired and possessed firearms after shooting a man in the face in 2017 was sentenced today to more than 5 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution states the state is secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for the right of individuals to choose and profess their religion. The Secretariat General of Religious Affairs (SRA) continued to issue weekly themes for inclusion in Friday sermons at mosques and Sunday sermons...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS.
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 Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy Subcommittee Chair Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statements on the reintroduction...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: This morning the Finance Committee welcomes U.S. Trade Representative Tai for our annual hearing on the president’s trade agenda. In 2021, just about every major trade policy needs to be based on a straightforward agenda: outcompeting China for jobs and economic growth. The reality is, too often, the Chinese government has feasted on weaknesses in the global trading system to the disadvantage of American workers.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks at Wednesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl.
