 On 27 May 2014, a video showing Soltan was released by CNN's Christiane Amanpour in which Soltan asks President Obama and the international community for help.Soltan's hunger-strike was supported by a world-wide campaign effort, both locally in Egypt and Internationally in the US and Europe.The campaign was managed by Soltan's older sister and consisted of family, friends, lawyers, human rights defenders from across the world.