has released a report that indicates the information from the Internation Red Cross on the treatment of detainees at Gitmo - which is supposed to remain confidential - has been leaked to the UN, and the UN is declaring that "We have evidence of Torture".
"Many of these allegations have come to light through declassified (U.S.) government documents," said a statement from the four, who report to U.N. bodies on different human rights issues.
A U.S. spokeswoman said the experts' request to visit Guantanamo was being reviewed in Washington.
The four experts are appointed to their three-year terms by the 53-nation U.N. Human Rights Commission, the global body's top rights watchdog. They are unpaid for their work, although their expenses are paid.
The United States has criticized the commission because its members include countries with tyrannical governments and poor human rights records, but the experts operate autonomously, often criticizing their own countries and others in the commission.
The failure of the United States to respond is leading the experts to conclude that Washington has something to hide, said the specialist on torture, Manfred Nowak, a professor of international law in Vienna, Austria.
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"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," the experts said.
"The time is up. We have to act now," said Leila Zerrougui, an Algerian magistrate who reports on arbitrary detention. "If not, we won't have any credibility left."
Paul Hunt, a law professor from New Zealand who monitors physical and mental health, said he wanted to investigate in person "persistent and credible reports" of alleged violations.
"Reportedly medical staff have assisted in the design of interrogation strategies, including sleep deprivation and other coercive interrogation methods," Hunt said.
The experts, who report to U.N. bodies on different human rights issues, said their request for a visit was "based on information, from reliable sources, of serious allegations of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees, arbitrary detention, violations of their right to health and their due process rights."
"Many of these allegations have come to light through declassified (U.S.) government documents," they said.
Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, said his team needed full access to Guantanamo's facilities and prison population, but the United States refused to guarantee him the right to speak to detainees in private.
"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," the experts said in their statement.
The experts said they were expressing their misgivings because "the lack of a definitive answer despite repeated requests suggests that the United States is not willing to cooperate with the United Nations human rights machinery on this issue."
The experts report to U.N. bodies on torture, physical and mental health, independence of judges and arbitrary detention.
This request to have access to Gitmo is quite interesting since the President just a couple days ago announced - "There is no torture at Guantanamo, just come and see".
No torture? Ok, sure - we'll come and see. How's the rice pilaf this week?