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lighted cigarettes, electric shocks, slashing with razor blades and immersion
for long periods in water. The following cases of alleged torture were
reported in East Timor:
(a) Abilio Mesquita, a student aged 23, arrested on 29 October 1990
in Dili;
(b) Constancio Concei Pinto, aged 26, a teacher at San José High School
in Dili, arrested on 25 January 1991;
(c) Justina Moniz, aged 25, captured near Same in November 1989;
(d) Bai Meta, aged 48, captured on 2 August 1985 near Bibileo;
(e) Donaciano R. Costa Gomes, Francisco Maria Sousa, Clementino Faria,
Guilherme Pereira, Antonio Pereira Lopes, Lourenço Pereira and
José Manuel S. Fernandes, all of them students from Dili, removed by military
personnel from the Bishop's residence on 4 November 1989; they were allegedly
detained and tortured, including by electric shocks, and later released
on 6 February 1990;
(f) Agostinho Pereira Martins, a student aged 21, detained
on 17 January 1990 in Dili;
(g) Paulo Rossi, aged 23, a student, and Paulo Monteiro Babo, a teacher
at the Ermera primary school, arrested on 17 January 1990;
(h) Sergio Fontura Guterres, detained in Dili on 16 October 1990;
(i) Domingos Pereira, aged 23, a student, detained on 17 October 1990
in Atsaba;
(j) Jose Francisco Magali, aged 14, a pupil at the "Paulo VI" school
in Dili, detained on 8 November 1990;
(k) Belchior Pereira, a student at the "Paulo VI" school in Dili,
detained on 8 November 1990;
(1) José Antonio Galucho, aged 31, a civil servant,
on 13 November 1990 in Dili;
arrested
(m) Cipriano Amaral, aged 35, a teacher in Atsabe, arrested
on 7 December 1990 in Hatas;
(n) Adao Da Purificaçao, aged 45, civil servant in Maliana, and his
brother Carlito Da Purificaçao, aged 30, arrested on 10 December 1990 in
Leolima;
(o) Acacio de Araujo, aged 39, civil servant, arrested
on 13 December 1990 in Ritabou;
(p) Olandino Guterres, aged 30, policeman, arrested on 17 December 1990
in Ritabou.
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