The US has continued to torture detainees held at the controversial detention center in Cuba, said the UN’s expert on torture. He warned that enacting a policy of torture is among “the most serious international crimes.”Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, on Wednesday urged the United States to end its torture of detainees held at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Although former President Barack Obama attempted to close the facility, it remains open, in part as a policy directive from sitting president, Donald Trump. al-Baluchi has been held in isolation at a severely restricted-access facility at Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade,” Melzer said. “If America was under the threat of imminent attack, would Obama use torture or a kiss?” Trump said in a tweet.

Source: Egypt Independent December 14, 2017 11:48 UTC