E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 103 reported that the delegado and five police officers were indicted by a public prosecutor in June 2000. An appeal is said to have been immediately filed by the police officers with the State Court of Appeal. 162. Edilson Feio do Couto was reportedly arrested by a retired police officer on 18 August 2000 and severely beaten, in particular on his ears (telefono), at the Guama police station in Belém. It is reported that he was beaten by the delegado with a large wooden stick for forty minutes. He is believed to have stayed there for four days and to have signed a nota de culpa after two days after having been beaten every morning and night for about an hour each time. According to the information received, the delegado wanted to make him confess to other crimes. At the time of the interview (9 September), he was reported not to have yet been brought before a magistrate. It is believed that he saw a lawyer to whom he complained about the treatment he had allegedly been subjected to. Upon arrival at the police station of São Braz, he was allegedly held in the punishment cell (forte) for five days. 163. Givanildo Silva Lemos, also called Marabasiño, was reportedly arrested on the morning of 8 September 2000 by members of the civil police in the Praopebas area, Curianópolis, on suspicion of robbery and homicide. It is believed that he was arrested on a judicial order which was said not to have been shown to him at the time of arrest. He was reportedly taken to a local police station where he was allegedly severely beaten by four police officers with a large wooden board, in particular on the head and back, for approximately two hours. On the same day, at around 9 p.m., he was reportedly taken to the pre-trial detention centre of Marabá, where he was directly taken to the delegado’s office. It is believed that he was beaten by two investigators with wooden sticks on the back and head. According to the information received, other policemen, including the delegado, witnessed the interrogation and beatings. At some point, the delegado is said to have asked his subordinates to keep beating him, but less severely. It is believed that the delegado was afraid that he would otherwise die. The two following days, he was asked to sign a prepared nota de culpa that he could not read. At the time of the interview (10 September), he bore visible marks, in particular an open wound on his head and large haematomas on the back and arms, consistent with his allegations. He was also afraid of being subjected to reprisals. 164. Edivaldo Viana Souza was reportedly arrested on 10 May 2000 at his home in Maraba on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms. It is believed that he was arrested by three civil police officers wearing civilian clothes. He was allegedly beaten and punched at the time of arrest. He was said to have been handcuffed and dragged through the street. The right side of his face was allegedly completely scratched. It is believed that a picture of him consistent with his allegations appeared in a newspaper. At the time of the interview (10 September 2000), scars were still visible on his wrists. He was then taken in a van to the Maraba pre-trial detention centre, where he was allegedly beaten on the right knee with the barrel of a gun by the delegado and a police officer. At the time of the interview, a large scar was still visible. He was said to have been asked to sign a confession without knowing what was written in it. He was then reportedly taken to a cell. After 30 days, he was reportedly taken back to the delegado’s office where he was reportedly interrogated about some murders which were said to have been committed in 1997, at a time he claims he was not living in the State of Para. He allegedly signed new papers under threat of being beaten again if he did not sign them. It is believed that he saw a lawyer only 60 days after his arrest, when he appeared in front of a magistrate. It is