article_snippet.sent: The American-Egyptian citizen, who grew up in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio before attending Ohio State, moved to Egypt to be closer to The young man mother (right) during his mother (right) cancer treatments .
article_snippet.sent: Soltan, who grew up in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio and graduated from Ohio State in 2012, has been on a hunger strike over Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata detention for more than 14 months.
article_snippet.sent: The US embassy in Cairo said in a statement that The US embassy in Cairo was 'gravely concerned' about Mohamed Soltan and would 'continue to monitor Mohamed Soltan case closely and to provide Mohamed Soltan with all possible support.'
article_snippet.sent: The State Department later that said: 'The US government is deeply disappointed in the Egyptian court’s decision in the case of US citizen Mohamed Soltan.'
article_snippet.sent: The State Department said that the US 'reiterates the US ' call for the release of US citizen Mohamed Soltan on humanitarian grounds, and the US ' urge the Government of Egypt to redress this verdict.'
article_snippet.sent: Mohamed Soltan had criticized former Egyptian president Morsi but did not approve of former Egyptian president Morsi forcible removal by the military roughly a year after Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie took office.
article_snippet.sent: Soltan, who had been working as a translator for Western journalists, was arrested several days later and has not been released since.
article_snippet.sent: Saturday's sentences come days after the US released hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for the Middle Eastern country that had been held up because of concerns about repression.
article_snippet.sent: Soltan's family has criticized the Obama administration for not doing enough to free Soltan's family son.
highlights_snippet.sent: American-Egyptian Mohamed Soltan,
highlights_snippet.sent: American-Egyptian Mohamed Soltan lived in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio before moving to Egypt in 2012 .
  