Sarah Harrison (journalist)
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Harrison at the 30th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, 2013
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| Born | 1981/1982 (age 41–42)[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom[2] |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary, University of London, City University London |
| Genre | News leaks |
| Subject | Human rights violations, global surveillance and security[2] |
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Sarah Harrison (born 1981/1982[1]) is a British journalist, legal researcher, and WikiLeaks section editor. She works with the WikiLeaks Legal Defense and is Julian Assange's closest adviser.[3] Harrison accompanied National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden on a high-profile flight from Hong Kong to Moscow while he was sought by the United States government.
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Early life and career
Harrison was born to Ian and Jennifer Harrison, respectively an executive at clothing retailer Burton, and a reading specialist.[1] In her youth, Harrison attended Sevenoaks School, a private school.[1] Her father has said she was a good runner and swimmer.[1] Harrison performed well in her International Baccalaureate exams and took a gap year to travel and ski.[1] She studied English at Queen Mary, University of London.[1] Harrison continued to travel and decided to be a journalist.[1]
In 2009, Harrison became an unpaid intern researcher at the Centre for Investigative Journalism at City University, London, which trains journalists.[1] In 2010, she became a junior researcher at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a new professional organization also at the university.[1] She later graduated from City University London.[4]
WikiLeaks
As an intern at the Centre, she was assigned to Julian Assange before the Afghan War documents leak.[5] She sorted files about the Iraq War from Assange for future television documentaries.[1] After Daniel Domscheit-Berg left WikiLeaks over a dispute with Assange, Harrison's role in the organisation increased, particularly with the embassy cable publication and Assange's legal fight against Swedish extradition.[5] Harrison is a WikiLeaks section editor.[3] She works with the WikiLeaks Legal Defense led by Baltasar Garzón,[2] and is Julian Assange's closest adviser.[3]
Edward Snowden
On 24 June 2013, WikiLeaks said that Harrison accompanied National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on a high-profile[6] flight from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to political asylum from US extradition.[2][3][5][6] Dominic Rushe of The Guardian observed that Harrison was a "strange choice" because of her lack of legal qualifications compared to other WikiLeaks staff, such as human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson.[5] At the time, she had been with the organisation for over two years.[3] On 1 August 2013, Harrison accompanied Snowden out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport after he was granted a year of temporary asylum.[7]
In 2014 Harrison spoke about her support for Wikileaks' endeavours saying "the greatest unaccountable power of today [is] the United States and our Western democracies." [8]
Harrison currently lives in Berlin under legal advice that it would be unsafe to return to the UK.[9]
Harrison also works as acting director for Courage Foundation, an organisation whose aim is proving support to whistleblowers all around the world, including Edward Snowden himself.[10]
Awards
She received the Willy Brandt Peace Prize in 2015. [11]
References
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- ↑ Berthold Stevens (2 July 2014), Exposing the secrets of unaccountable power Deutsche Welle
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
