Montreal, Friday January 28, 2011.
About 200 protesters gathered in support of the people of Egypt in front of Montreal's Egyptian Consulate, demanding the resignation of 30 year long ruler Hosni Mubarak, on the Friday of Anger, January 28, 2011. This was the first of a series of protests planned every Friday in front of the Egyptian Consulate of Montreal, during the Egyptian uprising. The third, and last protest ended up turning to celebration, when Hosni Mubarak resigned, on February 11, 2011.
Egypt was the second in a wave of people-driven freedom movements in the Middle East, continuing in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, Iran and Morocco. Although fueled by the recent success of toppling Tunisia's Ben Ali, the revolution movement had been simmering for a number of years in Egyptian youth, most prominently through the April 6 Movement. They picked Jan. 25, 2011 as their protest date because it's a public holiday: Police Day. In previous years they had always marched on that day to mock the holiday.
*Photos featured on the Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) Concordia Chapter blog and the JHR Human Rights Art Exhibit.
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