Hossam Bahgat, 31, is the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which he founded in 2002. His organization has litigated for cutting-edge rights issues including minority rights and personal freedoms. Recipient of Human Rights Watch’s 2010 Alison Des Forges Defender Award, Bahgat has long played a prominent role in exposing human rights violations in Egypt, including the government’s failure to prosecute sectarian violence against Coptic Christians.

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