Mohamed Soltan, 26, is a civilian journalist and an activist. His passion, which saw him covering the pro-Morsi Rabaa Al-Adaweya protests and the subsequent bloodshed on August 14th 2013, has been used against him. Arrested on August 25th 2013 in a raid that was intended to arrest his father and Muslim Brotherhood official Salah Soltan, Mohamed’s family says he has been accused of spreading false news regarding the “operation of Rabaa” case. To protest his innocence, Mohamed Soltan has been on a hunger strike since January 26 2014 – a hunger strike that is now seeing his life in extreme danger. In statements to Egyptian Streets, Omar Soltan, Mohamed’s brother, said Mohamed has been “tortured physically and mentally, refused medical care to [a gunshot wound he received] while covering the [Rabaa Al-Adaweya] protests” and has been refused release on health grounds despite pleas from US President Obama and other US officials. Omar Soltan added that Mohamed has had multiple strokes due to a preexisting medical conditions and has on numerous occasions fallen into a coma. In the latest statement released by the family, a photograph showed Mohamed Soltan in a dire…
