Martin Lejeune
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Martin Lejeune (born 27 July 1980 in Hanover) is a German journalist. Lejeune spent his childhood and youth in Nuremberg and Bielefeld. He passed the Abitur through a Second Chance School (CEE). Starting in 2004, he read for a degree in political science from Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin.[1]
He has attracted controversy due to his criticisms of Israel,[2][3][4] his involvement in the Toilettenaffäre[5] and the controversy surrounding journalist accreditation at the NSU trial[6][7][8] and for his reporting on the Syrian Civil War.[9] He covered the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict remotely.[1][10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Debatte um Journalist Martin Lejeune - Distanzlos mittendrin medienwoche.ch, 1. September 2014
- ↑ taz: Israel-Kritik in Berlin, Demo ohne Denkverbote
- ↑ Grob, Ronnie (2014-09-01). "Distanzlos mittendrin | MEDIENWOCHE". medienwoche.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-25.
- ↑ Mediengruppe, FUNKE (2017-08-25). "Deutscher Erdogan-Fan Lejeune fällt auf Propagandafotos rein". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-25.
- ↑ Die Welt: Linke wollen Urheber des Klo-Skandals rauswerfen
- ↑ Spiegel Online: Presse beim NSU-Prozess: Journalist klagt gegen Platzvergabe
- ↑ Focus: Freier Journalist klagt gegen Platzentzug im NSU-Prozess
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Journalist klagt gegen neues Akkreditierungsverfahren
- ↑ Focus: Deutscher Kriegsreporter wünscht sich schusssichere Weste
- ↑ Die Kriegsreporter-Figur Martin Lejeune und das Problem mit der Nähe, Meedia, 2. September 2014