E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 99 keep standing for hours. During the night, his waist was also said to have been tied to the bars. The Office of the Public Prosecutor and the police ouvidor were reportedly informed about the case. 146. W. dos S.S., aged 15, was reportedly caught by the police on 7 June 1999 in Xinguara and taken to a deserted location where he is believed to have been kicked in his legs, chest, back and genital area. He was allegedly handcuffed and threatened with death. A small amount of marijuana was reportedly found among his possessions. According to the information received, he told the police the name of the person who had given the substance to him. The policemen reportedly found the other boy and took both of them to the Xinguara civil police station. W. dos S. S. was reportedly kept handcuffed in a small room and beaten by police officers who punched and kicked various parts of his body and hit him on the neck and head with a gun butt. He was reportedly taken to a cell. Later that day he saw that the other boy had a bloodied face and a broken tooth due to alleged beatings. According to the information received, he was detained for three days in the police station, during which he was reportedly beaten several times and threatened with death. He received no food, water or medical assistance. His mother and lawyer were allegedly not allowed to see him. After his release he is said to have been taken to a clinic. The doctor reportedly concluded, in a report dated 21 July, that he suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder. It is reported that he remained hospitalized for nine months and that he has received psychiatric treatment. An inquiry was allegedly opened. One of the officers who imprisoned and beat him had already allegedly been indicted for beating to death another prisoner two years earlier. The police chief involved in the incident has reportedly been promoted. The Special Rapporteur notes that he sent an urgent appeal on behalf of W. dos S.S. and his mother on 15 December 2000 (see E/CN.4/2000/66, para. 190) and on 19 January 2001. At the time of the last urgent appeal, they were said to have been followed by one of his alleged torturers while receiving medical treatment in Belém. 147. Fábio Campos Queiroz, aged 18, was allegedly detained and tortured by two police officers along with W. dos S.S. (see above), between 7 and 9 June 1999 at the police station in Xinguara. He was allegedly taken to a bridge where he was hit with a rifle butt, in particular on the face, and his head was allegedly slammed against the car. It is believed that the delegado did not intervene to stop the beatings at the police station, even when he was covered with blood. According to the information received, after the incident he could not walk for five days. He is said to have been constantly threatened by the two police officers who allegedly beat him. In July 1999, one of them reportedly offered him a gun and money if he would testify in their favour in court. He is believed to have refused, and went into hiding from the officers. It is reported that on August 2000, his nephew was threatened with death by the officers in order to discover his whereabouts. 148. J.A.R., a 14-year-old maid, was allegedly beaten by two civil police officers on 25 September 1998 in Redenção. According to the information received, she was accused of having stolen from her employers and the officers reportedly wanted to extract a confession from her. They allegedly beat her hands and buttocks with a wooden stick. It is said that she was burned with cigarettes. The officers reportedly left and her employers and two other employees allegedly kept beating her. Her employers beat her with a wooden stick and threatened to douse her with petrol and set her on fire. The two employees allegedly pointed a gun at her and threatened her with death throughout the night. During the following morning,