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February 8, 2011

Egypt: Google Executive and Online Activist Released from Detention 
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It is unknown how many protesters are still being jailed by Egyptian
authorities. On Monday, authorities released one of the most
high-profile detained protesters, Google executive Wael Ghonim, who was
secretly detained 12 days earlier. Ghonim was an administrator to a
Facebook page used to organize Egypt's unprecedented pro-democracy
uprising. He spoke to reporters after being released from jail.

Wael Ghonim: "We want our country to change. I ask you, really, please
don't turn me into a hero. I am not a hero, OK? I am not a hero. I am a
very ordinary person. The heroes are the ones out in the street. I've
been asleep for 12 days. Please, everybody, I ask you...we won't leave
until we change our country, and we will take our rights. We will take
them. That's it."



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