Alaa Abdel Fattah has been questioned , arrested and detained on several occasions . He was arrested on 7 May 2006 when demonstrating for independent judiciary and released on 20 June 2006 . On 30 October 2011 he was arrested for inciting violence at the 9 October Maspero clashes and released on 25 December 2011 . On 26 March 2013 he was arrested for inciting aggression during a protest outside Muslim Brotherhood 's headquarters , known as the Mokattam Clashes of March 2013 but was later acquitted on all charges . Two days later , on 28 March 2013 he was arrested and charged for torching former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik ’s campaign headquarters on 28 May 2012 , and received a suspended 1-year jail term . On 28 November 2013 he was arrested for rallying , inciting violence , resisting authorities and violating the Anti-protest Law after a demonstration against military trials for civilians outside Shura Council building on 26 November 2013 . He was initially released on 23 March 2014 after 115 days in detention . In June 2014 he was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison and detained again awaiting his retrial , during which time he went on a hunger strike . In his retrial on 15 September 2014 he was released on bail
9 October Maspero clashes
Maspero demonstrations
Alaa Abd El-Fattah