Occupation Journalist Role Journalist Name Sarah Harrison | Genre News leaks Citizenship United Kingdom Education City University London | |
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Alma mater Queen Mary, University of London,
City University London Subject Human rights violations, global surveillance and security People also search for Julian Assange, Teresa Assange, Daniel Assange, Christine Ann Hawkins, Richard Assange, John Shipton Parents Jennifer Harrison, Ian Harrison | ||
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Sarah Harrison (born 1981/1982) is a British journalist, legal researcher, and WikiLeaks section editor. She works with the WikiLeaks Legal Defense and is Julian Assange's closest adviser. 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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- Interview with sarah harrison
- Goto 2014 practicalities of fighting for a free internet sarah harrison
- Early life and career
- WikiLeaks
- Edward Snowden
- Award
- References
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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. In her youth, Harrison attended Sevenoaks School, a private school. Her father has said she was a good runner and swimmer. Harrison performed well in her International Baccalaureate exams and took a gap year to travel and ski. She studied English at Queen Mary, University of London. Harrison continued to travel and decided to be a journalist.
In 2009, Harrison became an unpaid intern researcher at the Centre for Investigative Journalism at City University, London, which trains journalists. In 2010 she became a junior researcher at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a new professional organisation also at the university. She later graduated from City University London.
WikiLeaks
As an intern at the Centre, she was assigned to Julian Assange before the Afghan War documents leak. She sorted files about the Iraq War from Assange for future television documentaries. 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. Harrison is a WikiLeaks section editor. She works with the WikiLeaks Legal Defense led by Baltasar Garzón, and is Julian Assange's closest adviser.
Edward Snowden
On 24 June 2013, WikiLeaks said that Harrison accompanied National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on a high-profile flight from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to political asylum from US extradition. 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. At the time, she had been with the organisation for over two years. On 1 August 2013, Harrison accompanied Snowden out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport after he was granted a year of temporary asylum.
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."
Harrison also works as acting director for Courage Foundation, an organisation whose aim is providing support to whistleblowers all around the world, including Edward Snowden himself.
Award
Harrison received the Willy Brandt Peace Prize in 2015.