Johann Eduard Hari (born 21 January 1979) is an English writer and journalist. He has written for a number of publications including The Independent (London) and The Huffington Post and has written books on the topic of the war on drugs and the monarchy. Some of his journalism published prior to 2011 has been the subject of accusations of plagiarism, a charge which Hari denies, and he has been the subject of significant criticism for making pejorative edits to several of his critics' Wikipedia pages.