Ali Reda was arbitrarily arrested as a minor, with others on December 28, 2013 from Mantaza in Alexandria. He was accused of demonstrating without prior written notice, assembly, destroying public and private property and joining a terrorist organization in case no. 207 for 2014, First Mantaza Misdemeanors. He was detained pending investigations and then released on bail. He was arrested again on December 1, 2014.