Marcus Bensmann is a Germanjournalist noted for his eyewitness coverage of the 2005 Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan.[1] For his coverage, he was subsequently charged with providing "informational support to terrorism"[1] and forced to leave the country that had long been his primary "beat".[2]
In 2008 Bensmann was staved in Kazakhstan.[3] In 2014 he stated that he could prove Russian origination of the MH-17 shoot down.[4]