Arrest of Samku Maroufi, to serve his prison sentence

17-November-2021

Newsgroup: Prisoners –

Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Samku Maroufi, a civil activist, and founder of the Walat Environmental Association in Bukan, was arrested to serve his one-year sentence in prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Samku Maroufi was arrested to serve his sentence.

On Saturday, March 6, 2020, Samku Maroufi was arrested by the agents of Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan. After spending 25 days in prison, he was temporarily released on a bail of 100 million Toman awaiting the court’s decision.

Mr. Samku Maroufi has been sentenced by Branch 104 of the Criminal Court in Bukan, to one year in prison as well as two years of ban from leaving the country on charges of “propaganda against the regime.”