The 59-year-old victim was arrested on August 18, 2023 from Cairo Airport, upon his arrival on an EgyptAir flight from Frankfurt, Germany, on a family visit to his family in Egypt. He is the father of the German-Egyptian political activist, Fajr Al-Adly.

He was detained by airport security and interrogated by the National Security before he was presented on August 20 to the Supreme State Security Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement on charges of publishing false news and joining a group established in violation of the law, It is not yet known where he is being held.

On October 19, 2023, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release him, and he arrived home on the same day.