HAVANA TIMES, June 9 — The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, said he was disappointed on Wednesday that no agreement has been reached with Cuban authorities for a visit to the island.
Cuba’s office at the UN responded with surprise to Nowak’s announcement while discarding the need for “an independent assessment of the human rights situation in the country.”
Nowak said he was invited to visit Cuba back in February 2009 but that no mutually acceptable date could be reached, reported the BBC.
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