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1963 31 Jan | Roger Baldwin, Chairman of the International League for the Rights of Man, appeared before the UN sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and stated that, as far they know; the Bahá'í prisoners in Morocco were the only example in recent history where members of a religion had been condemned to death solely for holding and expressing religious views regarded as heretical. [MoC415–16] | Persecution, Morocco; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Human Rights; United Nations; Morocco | ||
1963 18 Jan | First Bahá'í marriage in Taiwan was between Miss Yeh Chan-ching and Mr Yang Su-thou. Official government recognition of the Bahá'í marriage was obtained in 1973. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p37] | Weddings; Firsts, other; Recognition (legal); Taiwan | First Bahá'í marriage in Taiwan | |
1963 1 Jan | The Custodians ask all national and local spiritual assemblies to cable the King of Morocco appealing for justice for the Bahá'ís under sentence of death and imprisoned for life in his country. [BW14:97; MoC19] | Persecution, Morocco; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Human Rights; Custodians; National Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly; Morocco; - Worldwide | ||
1963 Jan | The publication of Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco: The Nador Case by Bahá'í International Community. It was a report on the situation in Morocco to that point in time. | Bahá'í International Community; Persecution, Morocco; Morocco | ||
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