Hana Fawzy and others were arrested on April 25, 2016, following demonstrations in the downtown area challenging the agreement to demarcate the border between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, under which the islands of Tiran and Sanafir were ceded to Saudi Arabia. The prosecution charged them with demonstrating, assembly and spreading false news under case No. 6407 of 2016, Nile Palace Misdemeanors. She was detained in the Section of the Nile Palace. She was released on April 27, 2016, and acquitted on June 14, 2016.