UN report accuses US of torturing terror detainees

TREATMENT of detainees at Guantanamo Bay violates international law and in some cases constitutes torture, according to details of a draft United Nations report revealed yesterday.

The Los Angeles Times said the study, which will be published this week, urges the United States to close the detention centre in Cuba and try the captives on American territory.

Five UN envoys interviewed former prisoners, detainees’ lawyers and families and US officials in an 18-month investigation ordered by the UN Commission on Human Rights.