Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri | |
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Born | [1] Safi, Morocco | May 4, 1968
Released | February 2016 Morocco |
Citizenship | Moroccan |
Detained at | Guantanamo, Moroccan prisons |
Other name(s) | Ahmad Abdullah al Wazan
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ISN | 197 |
Status | Was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo for over thirteen years |
Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri (Arabic: يونس عبد الرحمن الشقوري) is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] The Department of Defense reports his date of birth as May 4, 1968. The Department of Defense reports that he was born in Safi, Morocco.
Shokuri was repatriated to Morocco, in spite of its human rights record, when US State Department officials asserted they had diplomatic assurances that he would not be incarcerated in Morocco, after his return.[3] In fact he was held, without charge, for a further six months. The New York Times reports that, after he was finally free, he denounced the Islamic State and other radical fundamentalist Muslim militants.[3]
On July 12, 2006, the magazine Mother Jones provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees.[4]
Shokuri was one of the detainees profiled. According to the article his transcript contained the following comment:
Shokuri was named inconsistently in official Department of Defense documents.
Shokuri had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf.
On July 15, 2008, Jan K. Kitchel filed a "PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR 30-DAY NOTICE OF REMOVAL OR TRANSFER" on Shokuri's behalf in Civil Action No. CV 05-0329 (HHK).[7]
The petition would prevent the Department of Defense from transferring him out of US jurisdiction without giving his attorney's thirty days notice. The Department of Defense had transferred some captives to countries where they were subsequently subjected to abusive treatment—even though they had active habeas corpus petitions.