Marcus Bensmann is a

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noted for his eyewitness coverage of the 2005 Andijan Massacre in

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. For his coverage, he was subsequently charged with providing "informational support to terrorism" and forced to leave the country that had long been his primary "beat". In 2008 Bensmann was staved in Kazakhstan. In 2014 he stated that he could prove Russian origination of the MH-17 shoot down. Bensmann has worked for ''

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'', the German TV channel ARD and the Swiss newspaper ''

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''. He is married to Uzbek International Press Freedom Award winner

Galima Bukharbaeva Galima Bukharbaeva (born 7 July 1974, Tashkent) is an Uzbek journalist known for her reporting on state authoritarianism and her eyewitness account of the 2005 Andijan massacre. Early career Bukharbaeva began her career reporting for the Franc ...

, also a witness to the massacre.

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