E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 123 the punishment cells. Five prison guards reportedly bearing weapons and a big wooden stick ordered the prisoners to line up facing them with their hands behind their backs. The detainees were then said to have been told to bend their heads to the right and subsequently to the left, whilst the guards allegedly hit their shoulders with wooden sticks. They were further reportedly hit on their hands with wooden sticks and subsequently on their backs with wires and iron cables. At the time of the interview (30 August 2000), marks consistent with Sereno Mauro Fernando Oliveira Silva’s allegations were still visible, such as marks and bruises on his stomach, his left shoulder and haematomas on his back. 245. Adilson Leal de Souza, a reportedly HIV positive inmate in Moniz Sodré prison, had reportedly not received any medication and had reportedly not been allowed to be hospitalized despite his medical condition. 246. Neil Barbosa Marques was reportedly one of the persons beaten in the 28 August 2000 incident in Moniz Sodré prison (see above). Like others, he was allegedly severely beaten with iron bars and wooden sticks on his leg, and with an iron bar on his left arm and the left side of his body. At the time of the interview (30 August 2000), marks consistent with his allegations, such as marks on his left arm and side and haematomas on his shoulder, were still visible. 247. Wagner Marco da Silva was reportedly shot in the head and in the stomach by military police on 17 August 1997 in Botafogo when he was leaving work. He was said to have been wearing earphones, so he did not hear the military police calling him. They allegedly shot him and placed a weapon on him. He was reportedly kept in a hospital for three months and was said to have been handcuffed for the whole time. He reportedly did not receive appropriate treatment and is now said to be disabled. He was allegedly accused of drug trafficking and is said to have been detained in Bangu/Moniz Sodré for a year and a half pending trial. The trial is said to have been suspended for unknown reasons. There are alleged to be six witnesses to the incident. The officers reportedly responsible are said to be still on duty. 248. Carlos Abel Dutra Garcia, a naval officer, was reportedly arrested on 20 August 1996. According to the information received, a car approached his car while he was at a gas station very close to a favela. A man is said to have pointed a gun at him, to have showed him a badge identifying him as a federal police officer and to have shot in the air. He was reportedly asked to put his hands up and to show his documents and was allegedly kicked in the stomach. Military police officers reportedly arrived and a delegado told him and his friend, who was sitting in the back of the car, that they were under arrest. Their car was reportedly subsequently searched. Another three military police cars and a civilian car with four federal agents are said to have arrived. A lieutenant allegedly asked for an explanation, talked with the delegado of the federal police and reportedly told Carlos Abel Dutra Garcia to remain calm. The latter was reportedly forced to lean against a car with his arms in the air for about 30 minutes and was kicked to keep his legs apart. Another police car arrived with six federal police officers, who searched Carlos Abel Dutra Garcia and his car again. He was allegedly punched in the face, put in a police car and taken to the federal delegacia at about 11 p.m., together with his friend. Upon arrival, several police officers reportedly hit his head against the wall, punched him in the back and kicked him until he fell. They are then said to have grabbed his hair to make him get up and he was taken to a corridor, where he was reportedly punched, kicked and hit again for