From the web: “After 489 days on hunger strike in prison, Mohamed Soltan gives up Egyptian citizenship, deported to US”

Hunger striking Mohamed Soltan, who was sentenced to life in prison in April, gave up his Egyptian nationality in order to be deported Saturday to the United States, where he holds dual nationality, a member of Soltan’s defence team told Ahram Online.

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