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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1974-05-20, sorted by date, descending

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1974 20 May
197-		 The Iraqi military court tried nearly 50 Bahá'ís and handed down in absentia sentences of life imprisonment on ten Bahá'ís, two of whom were deceased and a number of whom were of other nationalities or Iraqis not resident in Iraq.
  • In the weeks following, 24 Bahá'ís had their property confiscated, one Bahá'í was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and another to 20 years. [BW16:138]
    		•  - Persecution; - Persecution, Court cases; Iraq; Persecution, Iraq
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