The BBC new reported today: Investigators from the United Nations have accused the US of stalling over their repeated requests to visit detainees at Guantanamo Bay.The UN said for over a year there had been no response to its requests to check on the condition of detainees.

“We deeply regret that the government of the United States has still not invited us to visit those persons arrested, detained or tried on grounds of alleged terrorism or other violations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Guantanamo Bay naval base,” the four UN investigators said in a written statement.

They have been asking to visit Guantanamo Bay as part of an investigation into allegations of human rights abuse at the US-run prison.

The accusations include “serious allegations of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”, they said.

Prisoners at the base are visited by officials from the International Red Cross, but their findings are not published.