Revolutionaries: Portraits of Egypt's Transformers

(Cairo, July 26, 2011) In April 2011, Human Rights Watch commissioned the international portrait photographer Platon to create a portfolio from Cairo’s Tahrir Square. You see here the human rights campaigners, social media activists, union organizers, writers, musicians, victims and heroes of the movement that brought an end to Hosni Mubarak’s thirty years of repressive rule – and helped inspire similar movements for human rights across the Middle East, and beyond. The achievements of Tahrir Square hang in the balance today. Repressive laws remain in place, the military continues to detain its critics and even prosecute them in military courts, and the torturers of the old regime have gone unpunished. Thousands of Egyptians continue to take to the streets to demand greater change. With Egypt moving towards parliamentary elections and the direction of the country still uncertain, Human Rights Watch has collaborated with Platon to shine a spotlight on the brave individuals who helped make Tahrir Square happen.
Download an article by Heba Morayef, Egypt researcher for Human Rights Watch, available for publication: 'For Egyptians Awaiting Justice, the Jury is Still Out' (941 words)

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Revolutionaries: Portraits of Egypt's Transformers