Shaimaa Shawki was arrested after the dispersal of a march in Baba, Beni Suef province, on January 21, 2015. She was presented before the prosecution, accused of joining a group that was founded in violation of the provisions of the law, demonstrating without a permit, assembly, obstruction of a road, possessing explosives and incendiary materials, and attempting to set fire to the railways. She was detained pending investigations. her detention was continually renewed until she was released on August 4, 2015. – Violations: – she was subjected to ill-treatment and beatings more than once, and theft of clothes and money, which forced her to go on a hunger strike – prevented from visits.