[NOTE – This is a post from Reddit, some of this information has not been validated – use discretion when viewing this article – GW]
Hi folks, this is Siarhei (EU1AEY). I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide.
In early 2026, the Belarusian authorities launched the “Radio Amateurs Case.” This name deliberately echoes the infamous “Doctors’ Plot” of the Stalin era. Back then, the country’s best specialists were designated as enemies of the state and subsequently executed. Today, it’s happening to us.
They have detained over 50 licensed people, including callsigns EW1ABT, EW1AEH, and EW1ACE. These men were paraded on state television like war criminals and were coerced to publicly repent for the “crime” of technical curiosity. Propagandists presented the Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen (BFRR) as a front for a “massive spy network.”
In a staggering display of technical ignorance, state propaganda unironically claims these men were “pumping state secrets out of the air” using nothing more than basic $25 Baofeng handhelds and consumer-grade SDR dongles. Any operator knows that hardware like this is physically incapable of cracking the modern AES-256 digital encryption used by government security forces. It is a technical fraud, yet they are being charged with High Treason and Espionage. The punishment in Belarus for these charges is life in prison or the death penalty.
Read more – Reddit: https://bit.ly/4qHMcdu
[NOTE: One article cited is below, using Google Translate via Chrome Browser – GW]
Belarusian state television reported the detention of 7 radio amateurs, naming three of them. They were allegedly “intercepting state secrets.” We tell you what radio amateurs actually do and what state secrets are involved in.
On January 15, the state-run STB TV channel, in the program “Without Cover,” hosted by Raman Protasevich , reported on the detention of radio amateurs in Belarus. The story showed two detainees — Nikita K. and Andrei R. The third “figurehead” was not shown, but his name was also given — Vyacheslav B.
According to the propagandists’ version, the detainees allegedly worked under the guise of a “radio club” and, thanks to their connection to official radio frequencies, listened to all conversations that took place at military airfields and air defense positions. As well as negotiations in the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Alexander Lukashenko’s security service, including detailed information about his travel routes.
According to state television, the group was allegedly created with foreign aid, but it was not specified where this aid came from.
Read more (requires Google Translate) – Radio Liberty: https://www.svaboda.org/a/33653641.html
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