E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 108 was taken to a clinic where doctors examined him for the first time since his arrest. He was reportedly released after the doctors’ examination. On the night of the same day, he is said to have returned to the clinic where he received oxygen and medication. According to the information received, he died on 11 December 1998. His body was reportedly taken to a clinic and afterwards to the Police Forensic Medical Institute (IML). It is reported that, according to an autopsy performed by the official medical examiner, he died of bronchial pneumonia and a gastric ulcer not related to the alleged beatings he had suffered. The Commission of Human Rights of the Brazilian Bar Association, a public prosecutor and his parents are reported to have requested the exhumation of his remains. According to the information received, the Forensic Medical Institute of Veloso de Franca and the Forensic Medical Institute of Paraíba State performed an autopsy on 23 January 1999, concluding that his death resulted from profound trauma to his thorax and abdomen and not from bronchial pneumonia as the initial autopsy had concluded. On 3 February 1999, the public prosecutor of Rio Grande Norte State indicted two police officers. 181. Evandro Coelho Domingos, a 22-year-old car washer, was reportedly picked up by military policemen in two police cars in João Pessoa on 8 May 2000 on the accusation of having used “Royphinol”. He is reported to have been handcuffed and brought to a nearby beach, where he was allegedly beaten up by eight policemen, burned with the car exhaust pipe and thrown against a fence. The policemen also allegedly stole his personal belongings. 182. José Leandro Correia, a 51-year-old plumber, was reportedly arrested by the police and taken to the 1st district police station in João Pessoa on 24 January 1997. It is reported that he was found dead some hours later. According to the information received, the first investigation report recorded natural death, however a second one concluded that his death was caused by multiple trauma. 183. José Gonçalves, detained at the Róger prison in João Pessoa, was allegedly beaten by police officers on 11 March 2000. As a result he reportedly needed 12 stitches to his head. Several other prisoners, including Neco, Bindo and Veinho, were also reportedly beaten by police officers after an attempt to break out of the prison. 184. Adriana Gomes de Sousa, a 24-year-old woman, was allegedly arrested by two military police officers on 29 July 2000 in Cajazeiras. She was reportedly taken to the 6th Battalion headquarters. According to the information received, she was beaten, kicked and almost suffocated with a plastic bag around her head for about four hours. She is said to have fainted four times. She was reportedly threatened with death not to speak about the incident and transferred to a police station, where she was allegedly kept for a further 24 hours before being released. A judicial inquiry was reportedly opened and four police officers involved have allegedly been identified. 185. Adalberto Simões da Silva, Roberval Valdevino dos Santos, João Viana de Brito, Luciano Ferreira da Silva, Valdecir Alves da Silva, Otoniel Vicente da Silva, Jair Francisco da Silva, José Edmilson Balbino da Silva, José Roberto da Conceição, Luiz Ferreira Neto, Antônio Tertuliano Sales, Edielson Barbosa de Lima, Ivanlido Batista da Silva, Jadiel Pinto da Silva, João Batista Souza da Silva, José Batista da Silva, José Hildo Pinheiro Leite, Valdério do Rego, José Irenaldo Pereira do Nascimento,