Index on Censorship » Jens Koch http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Jens Koch http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org German journalists released in Iran http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/02/german-journalists-released-in-iran/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/02/german-journalists-released-in-iran/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:58:47 +0000 Judith Townend http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=20481 Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch, the German journalists imprisoned in Tabriz have been released, after the government reduced their 20 month sentences for reporting on the case of a Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery in 2006. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has defended criticism of the foreign minister’s meeting with Iranian president, saying [...]

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]]> have been released, after the government reduced their 20 month sentences for reporting on the case of a Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery in 2006. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has defended criticism of the foreign minister’s meeting with Iranian president, saying it was necessary to secure the journalists’ release.

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