E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 115 is said to be a friend of the military police officer who had lost his arm and who is said to have visited Caruaru penitentiary at the beginning of August 2000, reportedly told another prisoner that Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos deserved to have his mother killed and that in case of a revolt or an escape, he would be the first to die. 210. Daniel de Brito Montenegro, detained at the infirmary of the Aníbal Bruno penitentiary, had reportedly been suffering from HIV for more than 10 years. He had previously been detained in Vitória de Santo Aniáo prison, and was said to have been transferred to Anibal Bruno in August 1999 for medical treatment on the order of a judge. Anibal Bruno prison is said to receive the “cocktail” AIDS drug treatment from the State of Pernambuco. In June 2000, Daniel de Brito Montenegro had reportedly developed lesions on the left side of his face. He is said to be suffering from back pain and muscle aches, and to urinate blood. He is also said to have lost weight. At the time of the Special Rapporteur’s visit (9 September), he had still not been taken to hospital for an examination to determine whether he should receive medication for AIDS. The only medication he is said to be receiving is for headache and inflammation. The reasons reportedly given were that the prison did not have enough staff or a vehicle available. Some days after the Special Rapporteur’s visit, the prisoner was reportedly sent to Correia Picanço Hospital but did not receive the required examination as there was no doctor available. The Special Rapporteur notes that he sent an urgent appeal on this case on 7 December 2000 (see E/CN.4/2000/66, para. 189). 211. João Paulo Lima da Silva was reportedly arrested and taken to Orobó delegacia by the federal police in May 2000 after a woman accused him of rape. According to the information received, the following day he was beaten with nightsticks on his back and thorax for 10 minutes by federal police who subsequently transferred him to João Alfredo jail. They allegedly told him that they would not stop beating him until he confessed. He is believed not to have received legal assistance and to have signed a paper which he was not allowed to read before. He reportedly started vomiting blood. He allegedly asked the military policemen to take him to the hospital but the police reportedly replied that he had no right to go to the hospital and beat him again, including with a palmatório. He is said to have spent three months in João Alfredo. He was allegedly transferred to Anibal Bruno on 4 September without his family being informed. According to the information received, when he arrived two prison guards at the entrance took his clothes off and hit him with the palms of their hands on his back and thorax for several minutes. 212. Arlindo Francisco da Barro Neto was reportedly arrested on suspicion of murder by nine police officers who took him from his aunt’s house at 7.00 p.m. to “Lixão do Muribeca” where he was allegedly handcuffed and beaten with iron bars in the presence of his nine-year-old nephew. The police officers reportedly threatened to break the nephew’s fingers if he didn’t “tell the truth”. He was reportedly beaten with a tyre, mud was put into his mouth and he was forced to eat grass. Plastic bags were allegedly put over his head and he was reportedly put in the trunk of a car. The police officers let the nephew go at about 9.30 p.m. He was reportedly taken to his home in Mostardinha where, according to the information received, he was blindfolded and his pregnant wife was sexually assaulted and beaten by the police officers who were allegedly searching for a weapon. The police officers allegedly remained at the house until 3.00 a.m. Arlindo Francisco da Barro Neto was then reportedly taken to the Ceasa delegacia. On their way