E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 112 197. Edson, aged 18, Luís, aged 28, and Antônio, aged 18, were reportedly arrested by the military police without a judicial order in the Aracapá camp of landless rural workers in Cabrobó on 5 May 1999. They were allegedly subsequently taken to the military police station in Cabrobó, where they were reportedly subjected to various forms of torture. According to the information received, they were later transferred to a civil police station. They were reportedly charged with resisting arrest. 198. M. F. de A., a 15-year-old student, was reportedly tortured on 8 February 1997 when he returned to his home in Vila Nova, Joana Bezerra, Recife. According to the information received, he had climbed a mango tree but ran away when a shop guard fired shots nearby. A number of military policemen on routine patrol are said to have heard the shots and to have suspected the running teenager of having committed a crime. The military policemen reportedly found no weapons on him. They reportedly slapped, kicked and punched him. Furthermore, they are said to have forced him to enter a tank full of caustic soda that allegedly burnt his body, particularly his genitals. He was reportedly taken to the police station specializing in children and teenagers (DCPA) where he reportedly received medical treatment. He is said to have required plastic surgery. Policemen were reportedly condemned to four years of imprisonment for the torture. 199. Marli Barbosa and Rosana Lage Lígero, a same-sex couple, were allegedly arrested on 19 June 1996 in Jabotão dos Guararapes on suspicion of murder and were reportedly beaten with pieces of rubber at the 14th district police station in Piedade. According to the information received, they were also verbally abused for their sexual orientation and forced to perform oral sex. They were reportedly denied access to their lawyer. The police chief is said to have asked them for money, which they allegedly refused to pay. They reportedly remained at the police station for three days and then allegedly transferred secretly to the narcotics police station where they remained for five days. They were then allegedly returned to the Piedade police station and on the following day to a local prison, without having been sentenced. According to the information received, one month later they were taken back to the Piedade police station, where they were allegedly tortured again. They are said to have remained imprisoned for 11 months. It is believed that they suffered from discrimination due to their sexual orientation. It is alleged that the policemen involved received no punishment or reprimand. According to the information received, the case is being reviewed in the Supreme Court. 200. Maria do Carmo Souza was allegedly arrested by civil police officers on 19 January 2000 in Pesqueira. According to the information received, she was taken to the local police station and told to undress. She was allegedly kicked in the buttocks and punched in the stomach. It is reported that she suffered a haemorrhage. According to the information received, she remained naked inside the cell without being given any food and with no mattress for four days. On the fourth day she was taken out of the cell and kept, naked in front of the police officers and her lawyer, to sign documents. She was reportedly verbally abused and threatened with death. She was reportedly transferred on 23 January to a women’s prison in Recife. 201. W. C. de M., a minor, was allegedly imprisoned in May 1998 at the Paratibe unit in Abreu e Lima. His mother reportedly called the unit on 14 June 1998 and was told that her son was slightly ill but “doing fine”. Later on the same day his dead body was taken to her house.