Human Rights Watch

The Google executive that played a key role in organizing the protests in Egypt for more than two weeks told CNN Wednesday he is "ready to die" to bring change to his homeland.

Wael Ghonim was the administrator of a Facebook page that is widely credited with calling the first protest on Jan. 25. He has spent a week and a half incarcerated before being released and pleaded with Egyptian officials to step down. Since his release, he has been treated like a hero with random strangers recognizing him and embracing him in the middle of the street.