E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 122 238. Sorge Bonifácio de Paulo was reportedly hit on the chest upon arrival at Padre Severino juvenile detention centre in mid-August 2000, after he was asked where he was coming from. He was allegedly already bruised, as he was said to have been beaten previously by the police. 239. W.S.S., aged 16, also a detainee at the Padre Severino detention centre, was reportedly talking to another boy in mid-August 2000, when a guard told everyone to be quiet. The guard is said to have accused him of smirking, to have said that he would break the boy’s tooth and then to have hit him in the face. A week later, the guard reportedly accused them of planning a rebellion, and beat W. de S.S. and a number of other boys with a wooden board. At the time of the interview (29 August 2000), injuries on his legs consistent with his allegation were still visible. 240. A 13-year-old boy was reportedly tortured by the director of discipline of Padre Severino detention centre and a warder at the end of July 2000. They are alleged to have counted to three and then to have slapped him simultaneously on his ears (“telefono”). The warder is said to have punched the boy with a silver ring, leaving scars on his mouth and head. At the time of the interview (29 August 2000), marks consistent with his allegation were still visible. 241. A 15-year-old boy was reportedly hit on the chest by a guard during breakfast on 29 August 2000 at Padre Severino juvenile detention centre. 242. Rafael was reportedly smoking a cigarette in his cell during the night of 8 August 2000. A warder and the director of discipline of Padre Severino juvenile detention centre are said to have pulled the boy out of the cell and to have taken him to the corridor where they allegedly subjected him to the “telefono”. They then reportedly took him to the dining room where they began to shout at him. They allegedly turned on the gas and held his hand in the flame, which had been turned up high, for about five seconds. The following day, the boy was reportedly taken to the infirmary. At the time of the interview (29 August 2000), an extensive burn consistent with his allegation was still visible. 243. Crisostomo de Andrade, an Arab cook, and two other detainees were reportedly severely beaten by 20 persons from the SOE and other penitentiary agents from Saturday night, 26 August 2000, until Sunday morning at Moniz Sodré prison. He was allegedly beaten in connection with an escape attempt by other inmates. He was said to have been beaten by guards on all parts of his body, on the back with rifle butts and kicked in the face. He was said to have been taken to a doctor, who examined him and gave him an injection. The doctor reportedly asked him what had happened, whereupon he responded that he had fallen, due to the fact that the police officers were said to have been present during the medical examination. He had reportedly been placed in the punishment cell since 26 August 2000 in a cell without electric light and without being able to leave the cell. At the time of the interview (30 August 2000), marks consistent with his allegations, such as haematomas on his lower back and across both his shoulders and his legs, were still visible. Owing to their health condition, the other two detainees were said to have been kept in hospital. 244. Sereno Mauro Fernando Oliveira Silva had reportedly been placed in the punishment cell of Moniz Sodré prison and had been threatened by a guard with being beaten for possessing a small mirror on 27 August 2000. On that day, he and another 13 detainees were taken out of