The key actors in this conflict

The former president of Egypt is president Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak was indirectly involved in this problem because in his , so called, Mubarak regime, police brutality appears. Khaled was brutally killed by policeman, so this incident characterizes the regime of Mubarak. Mohammed Hosni Said Mubarak was Egypt’s president from 1981 until 2011.  He kept the country under emergency law, giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and restricting the  basic freedom, the fundamental rights, of the Egyptian citizens. Mubarak faced growing unrest during his time as president. Many objected to his restrictive regime, and wanted to have more personal and political freedom. People started to show their opinions and mass protest arose. After weeks of intense pressure, Mubarak finally agreed to abdicate on February 11, 2011.

   

The police was directly and actively involved, it were a couple of policeman who killed Khaled Said. These Policeman acted like this because of the regime of Mubarak, which has violent arrests as a characteristic.

But most importantly: the people, all over Egypt people started to protest because they had seen what happened with Khaled. People started to protest against Police brutality and other government abuses. And they together overthrew the regime of Mubarak. One of these people was Wael Ghonim, he was the one who revolted against police brutality. After he saw the pictures of Khaled after his death, he felt that they are all Khaled Said, he said that they are all of these young Egyptians who could die and that no one would be held accountable. This is the reason Wael brought Khaled’s case to a public case. Wael used facebook to bring people together, who have the same opinion, to form a front and protest against police brutality.