David Miranda (politician)

David Miranda
City Councilman for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
October 3, 2016
Personal details
Born David Michael dos Santos Miranda
(1985-05-10) 10 May 1985
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party PSOL
Spouse(s)
Glenn Greenwald (m. 2005)
Children 2
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist
  • activist

David Michael dos Santos Miranda (born May 10, 1985) is a Brazilian journalist and politician. He is a Rio de Janeiro City Councilman affiliated to the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).[1] He is married to U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald.

Activism and political work

He led the campaign for the Brazilian government to concede asylum to Edward Snowden[2] and worked with Greenwald to publish the revelations contained in Snowden's leaks detailing mass surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA). He met with Luciana Genro, the PSOL candidate for the 2014 Brazilian presidential election, and obtained her commitment to extend Snowden asylum if elected. Numerous public Brazilian figures supported the campaign, which however failed to swing the government of Dilma Rousseff.[3]

In 2013 he was detained over his work on the NSA program for nine hours by the British government at London's Heathrow Airport under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, after he had flown in from Berlin and was changing to a plane bound for home, in Rio de Janeiro.[4] His belongings were seized, including an external hard drive said to contain sensitive documents relevant to Greenwald's reporting, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt encryption software. Greenwald described his partner's detention as "clearly intended to send a message of intimidation to those of us who have been reporting on the NSA and GCHQ".[5] Miranda himself has described his treatment under UK authorities as "psychological torture".[6]

In 2016, he was, along with his friend Marielle Franco,[1] elected the first LGBT councilman in Rio's history.[7] He focuses primarily on the issues of the LGBT community and other marginalized segments of the Rio population.

Miranda is now running for Congress in Brazil's 2018 election, as part of the PSOL party.[1]

Personal life

Miranda met Glenn Greenwald in 2005. The two have been married for 13 years.[1] In 2017, they adopted two siblings.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Unflinching Courage of Rio's Gay Crusader". Out.com. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  2. ↑ "Brasileiro e ONG iniciam campanha por asilo a Snowden" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 17 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "David Miranda: Carta aberta aos brasileiros" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 22 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Savage, Charlie; Schwirtz, Michael (18 August 2013). "Britain Detains the Partner of a Reporter Tied to Leaks". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Greenwald, Glenn (August 19, 2013). "Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation". The Guardian. London, UK.
  6. ↑ "David Miranda: ″I was subject to psychological torture″". Deutsche Welle. 22 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Rio e SP terão vereadores gays" (in Portuguese). Guia Gay de Salvador. 3 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Glenn Greenwald". www.facebook.com.
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