Abd El-Rahman Shaaban was arrested as a minor, with others on March 22, 2014, on ring road after participating in the “a day of Rabaa” festival to reject the coup in Dafnu, a village under Ista station, Al Fayum. They were presented before the prosecution under case no. 1332 for 2014, administrator of the Faiyum police station, and detained pending investigations. He was granted bail of 500 pounds on 8 April 2014.