Some 30 Jews who were arrested after the distribution two weeks ago of leaflets to Jews in various towns in Morocco, have been released by Casablanca police, it was reported here today. Interior Minister Embarek Bekkai personally ordered the release of the prisoners, with a view to easing the minds of Moroccan Jewry.
It was learned, however, that a number of Jews charged with an attack on the security of the State and who allegedly participated in clandestine immigration activities and distribution of leaflets to Jews, were still in prison.
(In Paris, the newspaper Le Figaro reported today that eleven Moroccan Jews and two French Jews were brought before a court in Meknes, in southern Morocco, for detention. They had been arrested earlier this month on charges of distribution of illegal leaflets. The French Ambassador in Rabat has protested the detention of the two French Jews.)
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