There is a state-owned television station and a private radio station, but residents freely receive radio and television broadcasts from abroad. The Government respects academic freedom. The Constitution provides for freedom of assembly and association, and the authorities do not interfere with these rights in practice. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government does not hamper the teaching or practice of any faith. The finances of the Roman Catholic Church are integrated directly into the budgets of the national and local governments.
Churches also receive financial contributions from their members on a voluntary basis.
Roman Catholic or Protestant religious education is compulsory in all schools, but the authorities routinely grant exemptions for children whose parents so request. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation Citizens have unrestricted freedom to travel in or outside the country, to emigrate, and to return. The country's lack of an airport or international train station precludes it from being a country of first asylum. In late 1994, it granted preliminary work permits, valid through 1996, to a group of 18 Tibetans who arrived in October 1993. Their status remains subject to further determination.