E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 120 and to have been taken to a hospital where he received medical treatment. At the time of the interview (31 August), he was detained in the seguros cell and still had two large open wounds on his back and scars on his legs consistent with his allegations. 229. A minor detained at Padre Severino juvenile detention centre was reportedly severely beaten on 27 August 2000 for having laughed out loud. According to the information received, the director and the subdirector of the centre reportedly made an inspection, put everybody out of the cell and asked who was being so noisy. The minor raised his hand. He was reportedly given a cold shower, slapped, beaten with a wooden stick on his chest and face for 10-15 minutes and forced to stand up facing the wall for some time. It is thought that he was later sent back to the cell. 230. J.G., a minor, was allegedly transferred to Padre Severino in the summer of 2000. During a revolt, he was reportedly caught and put in cell 4 with 27 other minors. It is reported that all the detainees were taken out of the cell except him, that he was told he was considered responsible for the revolt and that he would be taken to the delegacia. He was then allegedly beaten for about 30 minutes, subjected to “telephone” torture, and later taken to another room where he was reportedly beaten for another 20 minutes. According to the information received, on the way to the delegacia he was reportedly threatened and at the police station, the officers declared that he had tried to hit them. He reportedly signed a confession without seeing or reading what he was signing. He was allegedly not allowed to see a judge. After a week, he was reportedly taken to the hospital. Despite the fact that he had bruises, the doctor reportedly did not ask how he had sustained the injury. The guards were reportedly always with him during the examination. According to the information received, he had been threatened with death if he were to say anything to a judge. 231. A.D.R. was reportedly arrested for robbery and transferred to Padre Severino in late August 2000. The following day, three guards reportedly slapped, punched and beat him with a wooden stick for 15 minutes, as a result of which he allegedly lost a tooth. Afterwards, he was reportedly left alone in a cell for a day. 232. J.P.O., aged 15, and six other boys detained at Padre Severino had reportedly been hit and slapped in front of the other detainees by the director of discipline on 24 August 2000. He is said to have been hit to such an extent that his nose began to bleed. The director is said to have accused him of planning a revolt, as he had been standing and talking in a small group of inmates. The seven juvenile detainees were subsequently reportedly put in a punishment cell for four days. Four weeks earlier, J. P.O. is said to have been slapped and punched on the nose. He reportedly asked to register a complaint at a police station on the same day, as he had marks on his face. The delegado at the police station is said to have asked him to get a medical certificate at the IML, however, he was only reportedly taken to be examined when all the marks had healed. 233. Jefferson Gomes de Lima had reportedly been accused of hitting a guard in Padre Severino juvenile detention centre with a light bulb on 8 August 2000 during the daytime, which he denied. Three warders are said to have beaten him for half an hour in the lock-up where he had been taken. They reportedly hit him in the chest, despite the fact that he is said to have breathing problems, and to have beaten him in the face. Blood reportedly came out of his