E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 129 and was allegedly searched in front of a witness by the police, who are said to have found nothing. He was then nevertheless reportedly denied permission to see his brother. When he asked the police why his brother was not allowed to receive a visit, the police are reported to have taken him to a room upstairs, hit him with iron bars and planted drugs on him. He was also said to have been hit on the back for one hour. As a result, he allegedly signed a confession and was detained in the same cell as his brother. 267. Jairo Justino de Oliveira Junior was reportedly arrested on suspicion of armed robbery in 1993 by two military police officers who took him to the 89th district police station in São Paulo, where he was allegedly forced to sign a confession after having been subjected to electric shocks on his genitals. He is believed to have paid 7,500 reais in order to be released seven days after his arrest. He was reportedly re-arrested on 9 April 2000 in Guraprianga, São Paulo city, and taken to the 100th district police station. Upon arrival at the police station, he was punched by two military police officers in the thorax and stomach. It is believed that he signed a confession under threat of being further beaten otherwise. He reportedly spent two months in this police station before being transferred to the 11th district police station of Santo Amaro. He was asked to go to the delegado’s office where he was asked to sign other confessions and threatened with being beaten again. He reportedly refused to sign any new confession. 268. Anderson Roberto Neides Fereira was reportedly arrested by military police officers on the street in Santo Amaro on 22 February 2000 on suspicion of armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms. At the time of arrest, he reportedly tried to run away. When he was re-arrested, he was allegedly kicked and beaten with the butt of a revolver, especially on the head. According to the information received, he was taken in a military police car to the 11th district police station of Santo Amaro. He was then allegedly beaten by two military police officers in the presence of a civil police officer. He reportedly only confessed to possessing a gun. He is said to have been seen by a magistrate only three or four months after his arrest. He is believed to have complained about the torture he had allegedly been subjected to to this magistrate, who did not react. 269. Alexandre Santana Itsom was reportedly arrested in flagrante attempting a robbery on 10 July 2000 by four civil and military police officers and was taken to the 11th district police station. According to the information received, he was shot in the stomach at the time of arrest and severely beaten with iron and wooden bars and a wooden baseball bat at the police station in the delegado’s office. As a result, his knee is said to have been broken. He was later given medical treatment for the shot, but was denied medical treatment for his knee by the police. It is believed that police officers signed confessions on his behalf. At the time of the interview (27 August 2000), his knee appeared to be dislocated. It is believed that his lawyer filed a request for habeas corpus. On 11 August, he reportedly saw a judge, to whom he complained about the torture he had allegedly been subjected to and who is said to have called for a medical examination. 270. Francisco Andrade Nascimento was reportedly arrested on 18 June 2000 on the street in the Santo Amaro neighbourhood by military police officers on suspicion of armed robbery. According to the information received, at the time of arrest he was beaten and thrown onto the