Ashraf Mamdouh was arrested as a minor with others on July 5, 2013 during an anti-regime march in front of the Samalout police station in Minya, under case no. 4492 of 2013, Samalout Administrative Department. They were charged with attempting to break into the Samalout police station, cutingt off a road and provoking a riot. The prosecution ordered his release to his family on July 8, 2013.