E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 93 because they allegedly wanted the press to be at the police station when she arrived. It is believed that at 8.00 a.m. they finally took her to the narcotic drugs delegacia where she reportedly said that the drugs found were not hers. She was allegedly threatened and denied food and water for four hours. At about 4.00 p.m., her lawyer arrived and reportedly told her to sign a confession in order to receive water and food. According to the information received, she signed, and was then taken to the Department of Investigation where her request to be taken to the IML to confirm that she was a drug addict was not granted. The judge allegedly sentenced her to six years in prison. 116. Anderson Laurenço de Santana was reportedly beaten for two hours by four to five police officers of the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte on 6 July 2000 after having allegedly been stripped naked. He was said to have been kicked and punched, as well as beaten with a large night stick. As a result, some of the teeth in his upper jaw were reportedly broken. His face is said to have swollen up, he is said to have felt very dizzy and to have sustained injuries to the head. He was reportedly denied medical treatment. At the time of the interview (3 September 2000), marks consistent with his allegation were still visible. 117. Julio Cesar Brisda had reportedly been arrested by five police officers at the beginning of June 2000 and brought to the Department of Investigations of Belo Horizonte. He was allegedly hit in the face and on his arms in order to make him sign a confession. He is said to have refused to do so. He was reportedly beaten three times, twice for about half an hour. As a result, he is said to have finally agreed to sign a confession. After a day, he was reportedly transferred to the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte, where four police officers are said to have beaten him and to have told him that he was worthless. He reportedly had several teeth broken by police officers on a Friday at the beginning of June 2000, shortly after he had been brought to this police station. He was said to have been subjected to the “polish corridor”. The police officers are also said to have hit him on the right arm and on a platinum graft in his left leg. He was also said to be suffering from a fungal infection due to the unsatisfactory hygienic conditions in the cell he was detained in at the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte. 118. Edivaldo Grisolgo Guimaraes and three other men were reportedly arrested on 6 July 2000 by more than 40 military police officers. They were said to have been taken to a deserted place after a two-hour drive. They were allegedly beaten with a wooden stick and with guns. Edivaldo Grisolgo Guimaraes was also allegedly kicked. The police officers are said to have broken a rib on his right side, as well as a bone in his left forearm and to have hit him on the head, causing a dent in his skull. Then they are said to have taken the four men to the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte, and after a day Edivaldo Grisolgo Guimaraes was reportedly transferred to the theft and robbery police station in Belo Horizonte. Fifteen days after his arrest, his family is said to have discovered his whereabouts. As a result of the beatings, he is believed to have suffered from amnesia for 40 days. The police officers are said to have used psychological pressure to make him sign a confession and military police officers allegedly beat him at the police station. At the time of the interview (3 September), he was reportedly in need of a tooth extraction.