The victim was arrested for the first time in 2016 while preparing a press report in front of the Journalists Syndicate, and he was referred to the Central Cairo Prosecution Office for investigation in Case No. 15060 of 2016 Qasr al-Nil misdemeanour. He was remanded in custody for nearly two years before the Criminal Court decided to release him with precautionary measures. On January 5, 2021, the security forces stormed his house, where he was arrested again and taken to an unknown destination for 12 days before appearing in the Supreme State Security Prosecution pending Case No. 955 of 2020 State Security. He was placed in Tora prisons, then Abu Zaabal, and his family referred to His health condition is poor, as he suffers from diabetes and a herniated disc.