CAIRO, May 30 (UPI) -- Egyptian authorities freed an Egyptian-American dual citizen after serving two years in prison, with more than one of those years on a hunger strike, on charges he supported an Islamist protest.
Mohamed Soltan, 27 and an Ohio State University graduate, was deported to the United States after relinquishing his Egyptian citizenship Saturday, his family said. Solton, one of thousands detained after the 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, was sentenced in 2013 to life in prison on charges that included financing an anti-government sit-in and spreading "false news." The Obama administration appealed for his release based on his failing health. The legal process that led to Soltan's release was not clear.