E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 107 Adewilson Ferreira dos Santos’s head against the bars of the door, as a result of which he is said to have fainted. He reportedly required stitches over his left eye. The delegado is said to have told him that if he signed a confession he would be taken to the IML. He reportedly signed fabricated evidence of having been caught in the act. He was reportedly taken to the IML at a later stage, however he allegedly never received a copy of his medical report. At the time of the interview (10 September 2000), marks consistent with his allegation, such as a scar over his left eye, were still visible. 176. José Lúcio dos Santos Arcanjo was reportedly arrested in Marabá on a preventive arrest warrant on 21 May 2000 on suspicion of homicide. He is said to have been placed in a cell in the police headquarters in Marabá. Around 26 May, he was reportedly taken out of his cell at 3 a.m., handcuffed and brought to the office of the regional Delegado. There, he was reportedly threatened with being beaten if he did not sign a confession and is said to have had a knife pointed at his stomach. 177. Wagner Bispo dos Santos was reportedly arrested without a judicial warrant on 10 January 2000 in Marabá by civil police officers, including the delegado, who are said to have wanted to find out about a mugging. They reportedly beat him across his back with the delegado’s chair and pointed a gun at him. Wagner Bispo dos Santos told them that he was innocent and did not sign. 178. Paulo Alves Ferreira, who was said to have been accused of having stolen a stereo system, was reportedly severely beaten up in the Marabá pre-trial detention centre around 17 July 2000 in order to make him confess to a number of burglaries. He allegedly stated that he was not involved, but signed a confession as a result of the beatings. The officers involved reportedly hit him on the chest with a revolver and pointed a gun at his head. The delegado reportedly said to him that he was “worth nothing”. When he requested a medical examination, he was reportedly denied medical treatment. 179. Six detainees were reportedly placed naked in a very damp and filthy punishment cell for 24 hours around 26 August 2000 at the pre-trial detention centre in Marabá. At 3 a.m., drunken police officers are said to have come with the delegado and to have threatened the detainees. They reportedly pointed a machine gun at them and prepared the trigger. They allegedly said that if the detainees made any noise, they would toss a home-made bomb into the cell. State of Paraibá 180. José Edison Dias, a 31-year-old physically and mentally disabled fisherman, was reportedly arrested on 8 December 1998 in São Miguel by the military police under suspicion of sexual abuse. According to the information received, he was taken to the local police station and was beaten by the local police chief and two police officers. The police chief reportedly stepped on his chest, crushing his thorax. The two police officers allegedly placed an automobile tyre on his chest and jumped on the tyre. It is reported that the officers ordered him to get up and enter a cell. When he did not get up, he was said to have been dragged to a cell and doused with cold water. The following day the police chief reportedly beat him again. He was allegedly kept in custody for three days without receiving any food. On the morning of 10 December 1998, he