Mohamed Soltan, Date of Birth
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political activist from Egypt
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1988
Profession: civil rights advocate
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
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About Mohamed Soltan
- Mohamed Soltan (Arabic: ???? ??????, born c.?1988), an Egyptian-American human rights advocate who was a political prisoner in Egypt from August 2013 to May 2015.
- Soltan was shot, imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to life in prison after protesting against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In protest of his unjust detainment by the Egyptian authorities, Soltan entered into an open-ended hunger-strike on 26 January 2014.
- The hunger-strike was supported by a world-wide campaign effort that led to his freedom.
- The U.S.
- government intervened at the highest levels and successfully facilitated his release and return to the United States on 31 May 2015.
- His hunger-strike lasted 489 days.Since his release, Soltan has dedicated his life to advocate for freedom, democracy and social justice.
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