E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 91 She was said to have been released from the police station on 16 August 1999, but later rearrested by the same military police officers. Maria dos Santos de Souza is reported to have lodged a complaint with the office of internal affairs. 110. Patricia Nascimento Marques was reportedly in a hotel room in January 2000, with a female friend and two male friends, when military policemen knocked on the door. Two military police officers are said to have started beating her, asking her whether she had participated in a robbery. She was allegedly naked at the time. Three military policemen reportedly took the two men into the room next door. Patricia Nascimento Marques and her female friend are said to have denied participating in the robbery. They were reportedly brought to the women’s lock-up of the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte, then to the theft and robbery police station, where they were said to have been beaten on the palms of their hands with a cocota, to have had garbage bags tied around their throats so that they could not breathe and to have their heads covered with garbage bags by four military police officers and one inspector. They were reportedly told to sit in a corner, where the officers threw staplers at them and kicked them when they dozed off. Subsequently, they were said to have been taken to a small room, where they were beaten further and given electric shocks. The police delegado reportedly arrived and Patricia Nascimento Marques was said to have been presented with three pieces of paper on which were written confessions to having committed burglary, bodily harm and organization of a gang. She said she would not sign them and was reportedly beaten again. She reportedly signed a confession to organizing a gang. She later requested to be sent to the IML, as she was said to be virtually unable to walk due to the swelling of her feet. The police officers reportedly denied the request on the basis that she bore no marks. Her trial was said to have been scheduled for 5 October 2000. 111. Sheila Barbosa was reportedly arrested on 5 February 2000 by about 20 officers of the military police. One of them allegedly sexually assaulted her and kicked her. As a result, it is reported that her breast was swollen and her legs were covered with large bruises. It is believed that she was beaten in order to extract information on the location of a man with whom she was having a relationship and who was wanted by the police. She was reportedly asked to phone him and to set up an appointment. She is believed to have refused. She was then taken to the police station of Campina Verde, where she refused to give her real name in order to protect her boyfriend. On 7 February, she was reportedly informed that he had been killed and therefore decided to reveal her true identity. The police officers then found out that she was the subject of an arrest warrant in the State of Minas Gerais. She was informed that four officers would be coming from Minas, one of whom she knew (and whose name is known to the Special Rapporteur). She is said to have already been ill-treated by this officer when she was arrested previously in a drug case. When this officer arrived with his colleagues, it is reported that she was left alone with him in a small room, where they allegedly remained for nine hours. Handcuffed, she was allegedly sexually harassed, beaten, and her head was put in a bucket full of water. It is believed that she fainted on several occasions and was given some drugs. When she left the room, she was allegedly forced to sign some papers which she did not read. She was then reportedly given a bath and showed to the media who were waiting outside the police station. The following day, the same police officer allegedly threatened her by saying: “I will take you to Brasilia, and between here and Brasilia there are a lot of streams”. She is reported to have stayed for some 25 days in Campina Verde police station. During this period, she is said not to have been interrogated. She is believed to have tried to commit suicide with sleeping pills