News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022



Release: Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty parliamentary democracy and federation. The prime minister is the head of government. The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state, represented by a governor general. The constitution provides the smaller island of Nevis considerable powers of self-governance...


Agriculture Department discusses Dixie Resource Advisory Committee on April 11

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Somalia is a federal parliamentary republic led by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo," whom the bicameral parliament elected in 2017. Farmaajo is the country’s second president since the Federal Government of Somalia was founded in 2012. The federal parliament consists of the 275-member House...


Release: Seychelles is a multiparty republic governed by a president, cabinet of ministers, and the National Assembly. In joint presidential and legislative elections in October 2020 voters elected six-time presidential candidate Wavel Ramkalawan of the opposition party Seychellois Democratic Union with 54.9...


'I anticipate hearing testimony on Xinjiang's forced labor camps': Smith on Chinese Christian national subjected to torture

A Chinese national who spent almost a year detained as a prisoner in Xinjiang, has safely made it to the United States to provide witness to the human rights abuses ongoing in Xinjiang.


Release: According to its constitution, Turkmenistan is a secular democracy, although President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov authoritatively, with a small inner circle, controls the country. Berdimuhamedov became president in 2006 and continued as president following the 2017 election that was not considered free...



Volunteers Needed for National Park Clean-up on Earth Day

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Celebrate Earth Day by spending the morning at the second annual Indiana Dunes Trash Trekkers Earth Day Clean-up. This year’s event is on Friday, April 22nd, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and is sponsored by the Friends of Indiana Dunes, Indiana Dunes Tourism, Mermaid Straw, and Indiana Dunes National Park’s Volunteer Office.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Malaysia

Release: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy. It has a parliamentary system of government selected through regular, multiparty elections and is headed by a prime minister. The king is the head of state, serves a largely ceremonial role, and has a five-year term. The kingship rotates among the sultans...


North Wisconsin Resource Advisory Committee discussed on April 11 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Liberia

Release: Liberia is a constitutional republic with a bicameral national assembly and a democratically elected government led by President George Manneh Oppong Weah and the political alliance Coalition for Democratic Change. The country held presidential and legislative elections in 2017, which domestic and international...


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Kosovo

Release: Kosovo is a parliamentary democracy. The constitution and laws provide for an elected unicameral parliament (the Assembly), which in turn elects a president and approves the president’s nomination of a prime minister in consultation with the leading party. In February extraordinary parliamentary elections ...


Transportation Department discusses Amendment of Class E Airspace; Hallock, MN on April 11

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Georgia’s constitution provides for an executive branch that reports to the prime minister, a unicameral parliament, and a separate judiciary. The government is accountable to parliament. The president is the head of state and commander in chief. The president is elected by members of the electoral college ...


Transportation Department discusses Proposed Amendment of the Class E Airspace; Mexia, TX on April 11

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Brazil

Release: Brazil is a constitutional, multiparty republic governed by a democratically elected government. In 2018 voters chose the president, the vice president, and the bicameral national legislature in elections that international observers reported were free and fair.


Release: Ukraine. In February 2014 Russian forces entered Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and occupied it militarily. In March 2014 Russia announced the peninsula had become part of the Russian Federation following a sham referendum that violated Ukraine’s constitution. The UN General Assembly’s Resolution 68/262 ...


Sedalia Man Sentenced for Murder for Hire

News Release: Paid Undercover Agent to Kill Victim in Pending Statutory Sodomy Case.


The US Justice Department published a nine page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.