Martin Lessenthin

Martin Lessenthin, 2015

Martin Lessenthin (born July 15, 1957 in Legden ) is a German expert on human rights issues, lecturer and journalist . He is spokesman for the board of the International Society for Human Rights and a member of the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights as well as an expert on the Bundestag committee for human rights and humanitarian aid . He is also a laudator and juror at the Tübingen Human Rights Prize, the Weimar Human Rights Prize and the Human Rights Media Prize.

Life

Lessenthin attended the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium in Gelsenkirchen and studied history, journalism and political science at the Ruhr University Bochum . He completed his studies with a Magister Artium (MA) and was a scholarship holder of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , speaker and lecturer for various adult education institutions as well as for associations and other institutions. These include the Josef Hermann Dufhues Foundation, the Deutschlandpolitische Bildungswerk, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Bildungswerk der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Wirtschaft, the Association of Expellees , the Karl Arnold Foundation , the umbrella association of the youth press, the Evangelical Working Group of the CDU and the Episcopal Academy .

He has been volunteering for the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) since the mid-1970s , while he worked as a freelance journalist for the Christian Media Union and the Christian Metal Union, among others .

From 1989 to 1998 Lessenthin was editor-in-chief of the German trade union newspaper in Stuttgart. Between 1990 and 1998 he was a member of the federal executive boards of the Christian Trade Union Confederation (CGB) and the General Association of Christian Trade Unions in Germany (CGD). From 1989 to 2000 Lessenthin was editor-in-chief of the media-critical magazine Our Sendung by Aktion Funk und Fernsehen (AFF).

Since 2000 he has been the head of the press department of the ISHR . In 2001 he was elected as spokesman for the executive board of the ISHR.

On February 26, 2016, the German Bundestag elected Lessenthin to the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR) as the representative of civil society at the suggestion of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group .

As an ambassador for human rights, Lessenthin is committed to solving special human rights problems together with other human rights defenders.

Lessenthin is a member of an evangelical free church community. He is married, has two children and lives in Hessen .

Main topics

• Religious Freedom and the Consequences of Religious Fanaticism
• The human rights situation in German refugee shelters

Country focus

• The political system and the human rights situation in Turkey
• Human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• The human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• The political system and the human rights situation in Cuba

Publications

• Martin Lessenthin: Refugees are not only dying in the Mediterranean, 2017
• Martin Lessenthin: Work slaves for Frankfurt's twin city, 2017
• Martin Lessenthin: No respect for human rights, 2017
• Martin Lessenthin: A whole people are suffering from total brainwashing, 2017
• Martin Lessenthin: Tribunal to judge IS criminals, 2017
• Martin Lessenthin: Germany can do a lot more for persecuted people in Iran, 2016
• Martin Lessenthin: Barbarism must not be accepted, 2016
• Martin Lessenthin: Comment. Chavez is dead - but Chavismus is still alive, 2013
• with Ansgar Graw : Lothar Späth: Politics, Economy and the Role of the Media . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-280-02102-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.bundestag.de/blob/485908/40c1077e95bb601ac7a8f2748a18dd1c/stellungnahme_lessenthin-data.pdf
2. ↑ Volker Müller: Praise and criticism for the eleventh human rights report . In: German Bundestag . ( bundestag.de [accessed April 2, 2017]).
3. ^ Jury - Human Rights Week Tübingen . In: Human Rights Week Tübingen . ( mrw-tuebingen.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
4. ↑ Ann-Sophie Bohm-Eisenbrandt / dpa: Weimar Human Rights Prize for imprisoned Iranian women . ( thueringen24.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
5. ↑ ISHR board spokesman elected to the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). ISHR board spokesman elected to the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Board of Trustees. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
7. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: International Society for Human Rights: Like a fight against windmills | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). International Society for Human Rights: Like a Fight Against Windmills | Frankfurter Neue Presse ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart, Germany: War crimes in Syria: Justice for the victims of IS . In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]).
9. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: cancel child marriages upon entry . In: NWZonline . ( nwzonline.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]).
10. ↑ Katharina Iskandar, Stefan Toepfer: Violence in refugee homes: “A whole conglomerate of threats” . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 13, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 10, 2017]).
11. ↑ Christian hatred in asylum centers and the guards look the other way - WELT. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Islam: This is how Ramadan burdens Christian refugees - WELT. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Asylum crisis: Christians and women flee from refugee homes - WELT. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
14. ↑ On Turkey: “A dictatorship does not suit the EU” . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). About Turkey: "A dictatorship does not fit in with the EU" ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: "Erdogan is not a contractual partner you can rely on when it comes to human rights" . In: swp.de . April 18, 2016 ( swp.de [accessed May 10, 2017]).
16. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: Human rights expert Martin Lessenthin calls Turkey an "unjust state" - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
17. ↑ International Society for Human Rights: Turkey: Religious Minorities in Danger . In: TheEuropean . April 20, 2017 ( theeuropean.de [accessed May 10, 2017]).
18. ↑ Mareike Katerkamp, ​​Frankfurt: Workers from North Korea: "Exploited like slaves" . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 28, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 10, 2017]).
19. ↑ The windowless world of Saeed Abedini . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]).
20. ↑ Fidel Castro turns 90 - not a holiday for the Cubans | domradio.de. Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
21. ↑ ?? Not only in the Mediterranean do refugees die ??. Retrieved November 26, 2017 . 
22. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Accusation from CDU member: "Work slaves for Frankfurt's twin city". July 22, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017 . 
23. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Working in Frankfurt's Polish twin city Krakow: No respect for human rights | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]). Working in Frankfurt's Polish twin city Krakow: No respect for human rights | Frankfurter Neue Presse ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ ?? A whole people are suffering from total brainwashing ?? - STIMME.de. Retrieved November 26, 2017 . 
25. ↑ Tribunal is supposed to judge IS criminals . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). Tribunal to judge IS criminals ( memento of the original from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ↑ Germany can do a lot more for the persecuted in Iran . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). Germany can do a lot more for persecuted people in Iran ( memento of the original from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ↑ Barbarism must not be accepted . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). Barbarism must not be accepted ( memento of the original from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
28. ↑ Comment: Chavez is dead - but Chavismus is still alive . In: IGFM.de . ( igfm.de [accessed on May 10, 2017]). Comment: Chávez is dead - but Chavismus is still alive ( memento of the original from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.