The victim was summoned to the National Security headquarters in Port Said on Saturday, September 16, 2023, but he did not return until he was included in a case and interrogated before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on the 20th of the same month.

The prosecution charged him with “joining a terrorist group, intentionally broadcasting false news and data, and using a private account on the international information network with the aim of committing the crime,” in case No. 2151 of 2023.

Lawyer Khaled Ali said that security forces had previously stormed Haitham’s house and videotaped the incident at the moment of the storming, published it, and remained under arrest for more than 8 months until the decision to release him two years ago.