WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for an American man imprisoned in Cuba has written the United Nations’ anti-torture expert, saying Cuban officials’ treatment of his client “will surely amount to torture” if he continues to be denied certain medical care.

The six-page letter made public Sunday is addressed to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Mendez. In it, a lawyer for former Maryland resident Alan Gross says Cuba has not met its obligations under an anti-torture treaty it agreed to more than a decade ago.

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