Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Andrei Mikalayevich Yanushkevich

Yanushkevich Publishing House is one of the leaders in the Belarusian literature market and the commissioner of many translations of foreign literature into Belarusian, including bestsellers such as Harry Potter and The Witcher.

Andrei Yanushkevich opened the Knigauka bookstore in Minsk in 2022. The store was open for just one day when security forces raided the premises and detained Andrei and a female employee. After nearly a month,

In 2024, he opened the "Knigaўka" bookstore in Warsaw. It offers nearly 200 titles. All of them were published by Belarusian publishers abroad —primarily "Yanushkevich," but also "Gutenberg Publisher," "Vyasna," "Myane Nyama," "Kamunіkat," "Pflyaўbaўm," "Skaryna," and others.

On March 3, 2026, a coalition of print publishers, including the Kamunikat.org Foundation, Lohvinau Publishing House, and Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, was added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' updated list of "extremist groups." Yaroslav Ivanyuk, Dmitry Kolos, Igor Logvinov, Vaclav Bogdanovich, Andrei Yanushkevich , and Alexander Yevdakha were named in connection with the group. The publishers' websites and social media accounts were also added. The publishers, based in Belarus, were detained in February 2026.

Co-defendants

Andrei Mikalayevich Yanushkevich
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
29.04.1976
Articles:
Groups:
Cultural workers

Timeline

  1. 2026
  2. ~18.02.2026

    Status change

    Forced emigration