Sufyian Barhoumi

Sufyian Barhoumi
BornJuly 23 or 28, 1973 (age 51)
Algiers, Algeria
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN694
Charge(s)War crimes charges against Mr. Barhoumi have been dismissed
StatusReleased

Sufyian ibn Muhammad Barhoumi is an Algerian man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on July 28, 1973, in Algiers, Algeria.

Sufyian Barhoumi arrived at Guantanamo on June 18, 2002, and was held at Guantanamo for nearly 20 years.

Barhoumi is among the small number of captives who faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission.

Sufyian Barhoumi and Abdul Latif Nasir tried to file emergency requests to be transferred from Guantanamo in the final days of Barack Obama's Presidency.