He was arrested on 17-12-2016 from a police ambush while on his way to work. He was forcibly disappeared for a period during which he suffered from various types of psychological and physical torture until he was presented to the prosecution on paper and without his presence on 14/01/2017 and on 29/01/2017 he attended the prosecution and was allowed to have a lawyer and was placed in Tora Prison 992 High Security 2 He was exiled to Al-Aqrab 1 prison and held in solitary confinement for 4 months. On 09-03-2020, he was sentenced to 15 years. The cassation was rejected and the sentence was upheld.