E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 114 the lawyer was reportedly denied access and Severino Ramos de Oliveira Filho was allegedly told that he would only be entitled to a lawyer once he had been transferred to a prison. Two days later, one of the arresting police officers reportedly burned his right arm with a cigarette, and another officer is said to have hit him on his left knee with a wooden stick. For four days, police officers reportedly entered his cell at regular intervals (in the morning, around 3.00 p.m. and at 10.00 p.m.) and slapped him on the face, asking him why he had committed the murder. They told him that he had already been sentenced, despite the fact that he has reportedly not had a trial. 208. Humberto Ferreira Mendes Fiflho was reportedly arrested on 31 August 2000. He was allegedly beaten with a wooden stick, kicked by six military police officers, inter alia in the mouth, and had his legs stepped on for over five hours. Subsequently, he was allegedly transferred to the theft and robbery police station in Recife. There civil police officers are said to have asked him for a bribe of 5,000 reais to release him. When he responded that he did not have the money, they reportedly threatened to suffocate him by placing a plastic bag over his head. He subsequently signed a confession to armed robbery. After four hours, he was reportedly transferred to Anibal Bruno prison, still covered in blood. He was said not to have received any medical attention at the prison. At the time of the interview (7 September), marks consistent with his allegations, including scars on his mouth and lower legs, were still visible. 209. Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos was reportedly arrested around midnight at his home in Caruaru on 29 May 2000. A masked military police officer is said to have broken into his home with the intention of killing his brother-in-law, who had allegedly threatened to kill the officer. The officer is said to have mistaken Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos for his brother-in-law and shot at him. Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos reportedly shot back and wounded the officer in the arm, which had to be amputated. He is then said to have tried to escape by jumping over a wall. A further 30 military police officers, all masked and including a lieutenant, reportedly broke into the house, beat his wife, his mother, his mother-in-law and two children, aged 7 and 4. The officers are said to have shot Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos in the right foot and to have hit him with a wooden stick on his left leg. They then reportedly forced him to drink half a litre of sewage. He was then reportedly transferred to the 4th military police headquarters. There he is said to have been beaten for several hours by more than 30 military police officers, who reportedly took turns. They reportedly hit him in the stomach and on his elbows with a wooden stick. They are said to have kicked his testicles until one burst. Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos allegedly fainted three times and each time they are said to have thrown water on him to wake him up. He also is said to have vomited blood. He subsequently accepted responsibility for shooting the policeman and asked for his two brothers-in-law to be released from detention, which was done. At 7.00 a.m., he was reportedly transferred to the 1st district police station in Caruaru. There he was said to have been threatened with death. A policeman reportedly put a gun in his mouth and threatened to pull the trigger. He was said to have been kept there for two days, during which time he is said to have been subjected to threats. He was reportedly forced to sign a confession for another homicide. He was said to have been transferred to Caruaru penitentiary where he was kept for three months. After having a fight with another detainee, he was reportedly transferred to Anibal Bruno prison. A police officer from Caruaru penitentiary is said to have told a relative of Jose Marcos Pereira Ramos that there was a chance that he would be killed at Anibal Bruno prison. A military police officer working at Anibal Bruno prison, who