Ibrahim Mujahid was arrested on 8 March 2010 by security guards of Kwaisna Art Institute while he was putting up posters written by students in support the Al-Aqsa mosque (in Jerusalem). The guards led him to their office where they tied him up and severely beat him all over his body.

Tarek Khidr, a student and human rights activist, was arrested on 26 March 2010 outside the main entrance of the University of Alexandria by the State Security Investigation (SSI) services, who took him to an unknown destination. His family have been looking for him ever since his disappearance and have not received any information as to his whereabouts.

On 31 March 2010 Deir Mawas investigative police officers, under the supervision of Mohamed Sobhi, illegally arrested a group of individuals from a coffeeshop in Samhan village, Deir Mawas in Al-Minia governorate. Amongst those arrested was Fadel Abdullah Hussein, the coffeshop owner who would later be killed in police custody following a fatal blow to the chest allegedly delivered by Mohamed Sobhi.

On 30 March 2010, as a Munufeya University graduation service came to a close, Egyptian Security Services arrested 11 students outside the gates of the university's Faculty of Electronic Engineering. Thousands of students were attending the service.