A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 30 Para Country Date 23. Bhutan Follow-up to past cases 24. Brazil 14/08/07 Type AL Mandate TOR Allegations transmitted John Tamang (alias Purna Bahadur Tamang) and Benjamin Sharma (alias Budhu Mani Dhungana) (A/HRC/4/33/Add.1, para. 17). Events that occurred between 7 and 9 May 2007 at Evaristo de Moraes Prison under the responsibility of the State Secretary of Penitentiary Administration (SEAP) of Rio de Janeiro, where currently about 1500 persons are detained. Between 7 and 9 May 2007, the Tactical Intervention Group (GIT), a specialised unit of SEAP, conducted an "operation" at Evaristo de Moraes Prison, during which the detainees were punched, kicked, slapped, beaten with shoes, police clubs and pieces of wood. The officers screamed war cries and death threats, used pepper spray, tear gas, and fired rubber bullets indiscriminately. They also stripped many of the detainees naked, made them crawl on the floor, eat garbage, imitate animals and repeat the phrase: "the GIT is a good partner". They also forced some detainees to dress in female clothes and parade in front of others, kiss others' mouths, sit on each others laps while naked, smell each others' genitals, or to rub others' buttocks with their genitals. Malnourished and sick prisoners were specifically targetted. As a result, large numbers of detainees bore bruises and wounds. Government response and charged. The trial is pending. The suspect was arrested by the pond’s bank in broad daylight, so the allegations of attempted rape of M. K. and the demand of a bribe from the suspect are baseless. No compensation has been provided. By letter dated 21/05/07, the Government informed that they were released on 28 July 2006 on payment of a fine.