Tora Prison
On the morning of 29 September 2019, during the 2019 Egyptian protests which Alaa had not taken part in, Alaa's family released a statement to announce that he was kidnapped after leaving the Dokki police station. Since his release in March 2019, Alaa had been required to follow daily police probation of 12 hours per day in the Dokki police station for five years. Later on 29 September, Alaa's sister Mona Seif declared that he had been arrested by the State Security Prosecution and that Alaa's family didn't know what he was charged with. Alaa was tortured by a welcome parade in Tora Prison.