Apr 05, 1968Safi, Marrakesh Safi, Morocco56 years oldAries
About Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri
Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri or Shekkouri (Arabic: ???? ??? ?????? ????????) is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports his date of birth as April 5, 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.
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.