The Guardian Egypt frees Ohio State graduate from life sentence after 16-month hunger strike Egyptian authorities freed an Egyptian American on Saturday who was sentenced to life in prison and had been on hunger strike for over a year, forcing him to renounce his Egyptian citizenship as a precondition of his release. Mohammed Soltan, the son of a prominent member of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, had been convicted on charges of financing an anti-government sit-in and spreading "false news". Soltan's release comes amid international criticism over Egypt's mass trials and imprisonments, and only days before President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi travels to Germany on a state visit. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/30/egypt-frees-ohio-state-graduate-mohammed-soltan-hunger-strike Euronews Egypt court postpones verdict in Port Said football retrial An Egyptian court has postponed the verdict in the Port Said football tragedy until the 9th of June. The retrial concerns 73 defendants, more than a month after a death sentence was handed down for 11 of them. Legal sources say the verdict was delayed after three fugitive defendants turned themselves in, seven others remain on the run. Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/30/egypt-court-postpones-verdict-in-port-said-football-retrial/
