Marcus Hellwig

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Marcus Hellwig

Marcus Hellwig (born November 26, 1965 in Wuppertal ) is a German journalist for Bild am Sonntag . Together with his colleague Jens Koch , he was arrested on October 10, 2010, one day after entering Iran , and was held until February 19, 2011.

arrest

On October 9, 2010, Hellwig and the press photographer Jens Koch entered Iran on a tourist visa to investigate the case of Sakineh Ashtiani . To do this, they interviewed Ashtiani's lawyer Hutan Kian and her son Sadschad Qaderzadeh without government approval or journalistic accreditation. Shortly after the conversation began, Iranian security authorities interrupted the interview and arrested Hellwig and Koch as well as the lawyer and son Ashtiani.

According to the spokesman for the Justice Ministry, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Esche'i , a person close to the Ashtiani family suspected the visit of two foreigners and gave the authorities a hint.

Allegations by the Iranian judiciary

Iran accuses the journalist of having entered Iran without official accreditation and of having pursued journalistic activities with an unauthorized interview. The German Embassy in Tehran writes in its entry instructions for German journalists:

“Without a valid journalist visa, journalistic activities of all kinds are generally prohibited for foreigners in Iran. Since the Iranian authorities can use a very broad definition of 'journalistic activities', entry with a tourist visa is also strongly discouraged in cases in which research and discussions are only to be done privately or 'on the side'. "

Hellwig and Koch confirmed the accusation in interviews with Iranian state television and admitted to having been "incited" by Mina Ahadi , an exile Iranian political activist. Various media reported that Iran had officially filed charges of espionage, but this was invalidated by the Iranian government.

On January 1, 2011, Sakineh Ashtiani announced at a press conference for foreign media that she wanted to sue those who "brought shame on me and the country." Observers assume that the convict was compelled to make these statements, or at least hoped, thereby influencing the Iranian judiciary in order to avert the execution of their sentence.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spiegel.de of November 16, 2010 charges of espionage: Tehran shows German journalists on TV
  2. ↑ Iran arrests two fake foreign journalists . Press TV. October 11, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Ashtiani to sue fake german reporters . Press TV. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Entry instructions for German journalists . teheran.diplo.de. April 27, 2010. Accessed on January 11, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.teheran.diplo.de  
  5. ↑ German reporters admit mistakes on Iranian TV . Handelsblatt. November 16, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ 'Wikileaks reports "not authentic"' . FAZ. December 4, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Die Zeit.de of January 2, 2011 Sakineh Mohammadi Aschtiani fights for mercy
personal data
SURNAME Hellwig, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal