Chronology: Date 1962-12-10

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1962 10 Dec 196-	The trial of the 14 Bahá'ís imprisoned in Morocco on charges of sedition opened. The accused were defended by four of the most able lawyers in Morocco who were advised by two Bahá’í lawyers. It quickly became apparent that no attempt was being made to prove the five charges of the indictment, rather were the accused being charged by the presiding judge with not conforming to the practices of Islám, to which the accused explained that, as they were Bahá’ís, these practices did not concern them. The verdict of the trial and the sentences imposed were: Sentenced to death: Muḥammad Muḥammad ‘Alí Al-Kabdání, 23 years of age, unmarried, schoolteacher; Muḥammad Ba-Arafa Ma’anan, 29, unmarried, inspector of police; Fu’ád Muḥammad Javád At-Tahhan, 38, married, three children, school director. Imprisoned for life: ‘Abdu’l-Azíz ‘Abdu’lláh Al-Waryashí, 22, married, no children, school bursar; Muḥammad Al-Jabbání Al-Ḥassan, 24, married, one son, teacher; ‘Abdu’s-Salam Al-Haj Salim As-Sabti, 31, married, instructor; Muḥammad Muḥammad Sa’íd Al-Baggalí, 20, unmarried, tailor; Muḥammad Aḥmad As-Sabti, 32, married, one child, cashier; Imprisoned for 15 years: ‘Abdu’s-Salam Milwad Ash-Shukrí, 28, married, one child, state official. The announcement of these sentences came as a thunderclap. The response from the press of the world was immediate and indignant. By a curious irony of fate the new Moroccan Constitution guaranteeing freedom of religion had only recently been overwhelmingly accepted by a national referendum, and on December 7, three days before the trial opened, Morocco had voted in favor of a United Nations Resolution for a draft convention on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance. [BW13:289; BW14:97; MoC414-418; BN No 384 March 1963 p3]	- Persecution; - Persecution, Court cases; Court cases; Human rights; Morocco; Persecution, Morocco


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