Redouan Chekkouri
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Radwan al Shakouri is a citizen of Morocco
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 499.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
analysts report that he was born on February 12, 1972, in Asafi, Morocco.
He was repatriated with three other Moroccan captives in Guantanamo on July 31, 2004—on the eve of the first Combatant Status Review Tribunal
.
The three other men were Mohammed Ibrahim Awzar, Mohammed Mizouz, and Ibrahim Bin Shakaran
.
The BBC
reports a fifth man, Abdellah Tabarak was repatriated with the four others.
The four were all charged by Moroccan authorities; then released on bail.
Chekkouri was subsequently reincarcerated when new charges were laid.
According to the Morocco Times
Morocco also charged Chekkouri with: “relations with the Islamic Group of Moroccan Fighters and with al Qaeda.”
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 499.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...
analysts report that he was born on February 12, 1972, in Asafi, Morocco.
He was repatriated with three other Moroccan captives in Guantanamo on July 31, 2004—on the eve of the first Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
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The three other men were Mohammed Ibrahim Awzar, Mohammed Mizouz, and Ibrahim Bin Shakaran
Ibrahim Bin Shakaran
Ibrahim Bin Shakaran is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 587....
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The BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
reports a fifth man, Abdellah Tabarak was repatriated with the four others.
The four were all charged by Moroccan authorities; then released on bail.
Chekkouri was subsequently reincarcerated when new charges were laid.
Allegations
According to Middle East Online Morocco has charged Chekkouri with: "'support for a criminal group by transferring money to Moroccans to create a gang that threatens Morocco's interests', and assistance in forging passports."According to the Morocco Times
Morocco Times
The Morocco Times was an English language Moroccan Internet-based newspaper, the first of its kind. It was started on November 22, 2004, and was owned by the Maroc Soir Group, a publishing house that owns several of Morocco's major newspapers...
Morocco also charged Chekkouri with: “relations with the Islamic Group of Moroccan Fighters and with al Qaeda.”