A man holds a sign that reads the People’s Street after Hosni Mubarak stepped down on 11 February 2011
A woman speaks to Central Security Forces during a demonstration outside the Journalist’s Syndicate on 26 January 2011. (Photo by: Jihad Abaza)
Protesters in Tahrir Square shout slogans and hold signs demanding the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak
Protesters sing slogans in Tahrir Square duing the first 18 days of the 25 January Revolution
Protesters lie on the ground in Tahrir Square to commemorate the 25 January martyrs. This picture was taken during the 18 days of the uprising
Protesters in Tahrir hold signs demanding the ouster of Hosni Mubarak
Azhar shiekhs call for the fall of the regime in Tahrir Square during the 18 of the uprising
A woman in Tahrir Square shouts slogans and holds demanding the removal of former president Hosni Mubarak during the first 18 days of the uprising
A young boy in Tahrir Square holds a sign that reads, the children of Egypt ask you to leave during the first 18 days of protests
Protesters shout slogans in front of Central Security Forces near Tahrir Square on the Friday of Anger, 28 January 2011. (Photo by: Jihad Abaza)
Protesters throw a tear gas canister back at police forces outside a police station on the Friday of Anger, 28 January 2011
At this time four years ago, hundreds of thousands Egyptians took to the streets with various demands; an end to police brutality, bread, freedom, social justice, and eventually the fall of the regime. On 11 February, people celebrated in Tahrir Square after former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
Four years later, Mubarak and the top security aides of his regime have all been freed from charges, while there are anywhere between 10,000, according to the interior ministry, to 41,000 political detainees, according to activist databases such as Wiki Thawra.
Throughout the past four years, hundreds of protesters were killed in clashes with security forces during various demonstrations. The most recent would be the 31-year-old Shaima Al-Sabbagh and the 17-year-old Sondos Abu Bakr. Security forces reportedly shot Al-Sabbagh as they were dispersing a protest in Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo on Saturday. Police forces also reportedly Abu Bakr shot during the dispersal of a protest in Alexandria on Friday.
