her condition and the emergence of a stomach pain, she was initially denied medical help and was threatened to be beaten and have her other child taken away by the government in case she didn't comply with the police' orders. After about three hours, she was checked by the RUVD medical personnel who doubted the fact of her pregnancy and called an emergency only after Malinovskaya reminded them of their legal liability. At the city hospital, her pregnancy was confirmed, and the medical staff there insisted on immediate hospitalization, which the escorting police officers considered to be possible only with Malinovskaya being handcuffed to a bed. Presented with an alternative option of being set free in the morning after being transported to a local detention center and going through her trial, Malinovskaya agreed on a condition that she would not be beaten again. At the detention center, Malinovskaya was not beaten, but was brought to a mass beating of men, which she was forced to watch by the center's staff informed of her condition. After some time of this torture, which Malinovskaya compared to "something from a movie about the Gestapo", her body started to severely tremor, which frightened the guards and made them call an emergency. In a hospital, Malinovskaya was diagnosed with a cyst rupture and underwent a surgery, which eventually resulted in a pregnancy loss. In the aftermath, Malinvoskaya was contacted by the RUVD and demanded to sign a detention protocol describing her as "swearing, screaming and attacking people", which she refused. Eventually, she was sentenced to an administrative fee for participation in a "chain of solidarity" on 14 August. Violations of arrest and court procedures Arrest procedure violations Arrests of the protesters were often conducted by people wearing masks or balaclavas and without IDs, with some of them wearing civilian clothes and bulletproof vests. Agents in civilian clothes, unofficially called "the quiet men" ( — tikhari), not only arrested protesters in collaboration with the government troops, but also beat people, made operational video shooting and testified in courts. Their affiliation was often impossible to establish. The employment of plainclothes police was admitted by the minister of internal affairs, Yury Karayeu, while, according to Belarusian human rights activists, the only possible legal justification for such measures was special investigation activity. They also note that the OSCE guidance document on mass political meetings requires policemen to be easily