E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 130 floor, where he was kicked in the ribs. A police officer allegedly stepped on his hands. He was reported to have been taken to the 11th district police station where he was reportedly forced to sign a confession under threat of being beaten again. His lawyer is said to have arrived one hour after he signed the confession. One month later, he was reportedly taken to court, where he did not complain about the torture for fear of reprisals since police officers were always present with him in the courtroom. He nevertheless is believed to have complained to his lawyer. According to the information received, he was taken to court on two other occasions. 271. Edson Barbosa de Lira, aged 23, reportedly detained at the Depatri police district in São Paulo, was allegedly beaten with baseball bats, iron bars and a telephone book in 1999. As a result he is said to have sustained bruises all over his body and to have fractured his pelvis. The police is said to have stated that he had tried to escape and had fallen from the roof. 272. E.M.C., a minor detained at the Unidade Educacional 10 of the Complexo Quadrilátero do Belenzinho was reportedly beaten on 15 February 2000 while being transported to the Youth Court (“Varas Especiais da Infância e da Juventude”). 273. A.M.F., A.F.L., C.O.A., E.S. and W.R.V., minors detained at the FEBEM in Itaquaquecetuba, were reportedly beaten on 23 October 1998 by employees of the Foundation. It is reported that they were beaten as a form of punishment. A judicial inquiry was allegedly opened. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 274. Devanir Aparecido da Silva was reportedly beaten at the 1st district police station in Sertãozinho on 20 July 2000. According to the information received, he was tied to an iron pole in the station courtyard as a reprisal for having verbally abused the police chief. He reportedly had his shirt taken off and was obliged to stand for one hour. He reportedly had cold water thrown over him and was whipped about 12 times. A lawyer allegedly witnessed the incident and the corregedoria of the police was allegedly informed about the case. 275. Juvenile detainees detained at the Unidade Educacional 01 FEBEM in São Paulo state were reportedly engaged in a rebellion on 12 June 2000. According to the information received, 15 employees of the unit, some of them wearing masks, entered the unit and beat the teenagers using pieces of wood and iron bars. The alleged aggressions reportedly took place in the courtyard and inside the inmates’ cells. It is said that most of them were severely injured. Agnaldo Martins Alves, Felipe de Oliveira de Andrade, Pedro Feitosa Leite Melo, Rafael Oliveira Santana, Saulo Fernando Castanho Teles, André Luis Pereira, Alex Martins Mendes, Marcelo Jesus de Oliveira, Silvano Lemos Costa, Cleverson Alves Guloni, Paulo Ubiratan Andrade Meira, Diego Casadia, Deivisson Roberto Souza Lima, Michel Alexandre de J. Moran, Emerson Alberto Cabral dos Santos, Anderson Luis Chavernue, Alisson Veras Valdevino, Edimilson Caboclo do Nascimento, Leonardo Soussona do Nascimento, Henrique de Oliveira e Castro, Alex Sandro de Oliveira, Vagner Souza de Macedo, Tarcisio André Candido Xavier, Rodrigo dos Santos, Ricardo Malinosqui do Nascimento, Marco Aurélio Rodrigues Souza, Luciano Luis Gonçalves, José Lincon Pereira da Silva, Wanderley Marcolino Ferreira, Geneilson Vieira de Souza, Felipe Tadeu Pedroso Celestino, Rafael de Jesus Cipriano, Elenaldo Silva Cavalcante, Paulo Alessandro Alves, Vagno Moreira Silva, Rafael Correa Druciak, Everton Luis Carvalho,