E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 124 about 30 minutes. As a result, his mouth and nose were said to have been bleeding. The delegado reportedly grabbed his arm, told him to stand up and punched him in the head and chest. An officer allegedly pointed a gun at him and said “let’s finish him” but finally put the gun away and hit him again. As he fell down, several agents reportedly started to kick him for about 15 to 20 minutes. He was allegedly made to stand up, and punched in his eyes, before being placed in a cell at 2 a.m. for about an hour. He was then reportedly beaten again and showered with cold water. He was said to have been taken to see a lawyer waiting at the police station who allegedly told him that he was under arrest for disrespecting the authorities and for aggression. In 1997, he was reportedly cleared of these charges in court. When he left the police station, he reportedly saw a medical doctor, who allegedly certified that he had been severely beaten. The following day, he is said to have lodged a complaint against the police officers with the Office of the Public Prosecutor, which reportedly opened an investigation. The prosecutor of the Republic is said to have sent the case to a federal court. The police officers reportedly submitted a federal habeas corpus petition, arguing that the Ministry of the Public Prosecutor had exceeded its competence in investigating cases involving federal police officers. This is said to have stopped the proceedings in 1998. Since then, Carlos Abel Dutra Garcia has reportedly been subjected to death threats by police officers who reportedly called him in to the police station to give a statement, and he was allegedly being followed. As a result, he reportedly applied to the National Secretariat for Human Rights for support and protection against the federal police, which he was said not to have been granted. The general prosecutor reportedly submitted new indictments of the police officers for “administrative impropriety”. These indictments were allegedly not accepted by the judge of first instance, who reportedly refused them as “inappropriate”. In July 2000, Carlos Abel Dutra Garcia is said to have filed a civil action seeking damages. The proceedings are said to be pending before the Supreme Court in Brasilia. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the judicial proceedings. 249. Anderson Carlos Crispiniano, a 20-year-old man, was reportedly arrested by three civil police officers at his home in a Rio de Janeiro shanty town (Morro do Adeus) on 28 June 2000. According to the information received, the police officers had no arrest warrant and his family was not informed about where he would be taken. It is reported that later on that night, his family looked for him at the nearest local police station, where they allegedly were told that there existed no information about his arrest. His family allegedly received a phone call later from the officers, who indicated they would be in touch but refused to report where Anderson Carlos Crispiniano was being held. According to the information received, his family received a second telephone call and spoke briefly to him but were not informed of his location. The family reportedly received a third phone call, in which the officers told them that if they did not give them 5,000 reais, a gold chain and his car keys, they would plant drugs on him and kill him. A woman identifying herself as an “attorney” instructed by the officers reportedly came to the shanty town later and picked up the gold chain and the car documents (his relatives had not had time to raise all the money demanded). About one hour later, the woman reportedly returned and picked up the money the family was able to raise. Twenty minutes later, she allegedly came back in a vehicle with Anderson Crispiniano sitting on the back seat. According to the information provided, he had been beaten on the head repeatedly and his toenails had been torn out during his detention. He was reportedly taken to a clinic and to a hospital. As a result of the torture, he was reportedly unable to speak. He was allegedly diagnosed as having suffered from a stroke and bore marks of severe beatings on many parts of his body. According to the