Hesham was arrested at Cairo airport on 20-06-2019 while returning from Doha with his wife and children. Their passports were withdrawn, bags were searched and they were left, but the airport officer contacted Hesham after an hour and asked him to come alone to take the passports, but he was arrested when he went . Until he appeared in the State Security Prosecution in connection with a case no. 1365/ year 2018, belonging to a banned group, after which a decision was issued to release him on a bail of 20 thousand pounds on December 5, 2019. He was transferred to the Hadayek al-Qubba Police Department to finalize the procedures. However, he was forcibly disappeared again for a month, then appeared in Tora Prison pending investigation pending Case No. 1956 for the year 2019. Hesham suffers from poor conditions of detention and medical neglect as he has blue water in both eyes with a severe rise in intraocular pressure and needs to receive treatment that is not Available inside Tora Prison. He still in custody until now. Update - The Presidential Pardon Committee and the Syndicate of Journalists intervened for his release, and he was released on May 1, 2023.