Tora Prison
In February 2004, the al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper announced that they had discovered he was still alive and being held in the Tora Prison, which was confirmed the following month by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior, who also stated that he could be visited by his family in March. It was alleged that he had been beaten and tortured for nearly five years by the Mukhabarat, Egypt's intelligence service. Egypt announced they were re-convening a new tribunal to look at his case.