Jens Koch

German photographer

Jens Koch (born in 1981) is a German photographer who worked for the weekly BILD am Sonntag. In October 2010 he was arrested in Iran, together with his work partner Marcus Hellwig while interviewing the son of Sakineh Ashtiani. The case. Imprisonment. Koch and Hellwig arrived to Iran in October 2010 with a tourist VISA. The next day, while they were in Tabriz interviewing Sadjad Qaderzadeh (Ashtiani's son) Iranian authorities arrested the two reporters. Sadjad Qaderzadeh and his lawyer were also arrested at the scene. Charges by Iranian Judiciary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Koch

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