Fares Mohamed was arrested as a minor during the fourth anniversary of the Revolution at Ad-Dakhilah in Alexandria on January 25, 2015. He was charged with joining an illegally formed group, demonstrating without permit, assembly, showing force and signaling violence under the case No. 4169 for 2015, Ad-Dakhilah felonies. He was detained pending investigations, sentenced to 3 years in prison on 21 July 2016, then the retrial was accepted on January 21, 2018.