Alaa Abd El Fattah moved back to his cell ahead of trial

The whereabouts of jailed activist Alaa Abd El Fattah were discovered Saturday, after his family was left unaware of his location when he was removed from his cell in Tora Prison on Wednesday evening.

Abd El Fattah was reportedly put in solitary confinement on Wednesday, after which he began a hunger strike until he was moved back to his cell late Friday, according to a Twitter update from his sister, Mona Seif.

“The noise you made worked…Thank you everyone,” she said, adding that Abd El Fattah has assured the family that he is well.

Abd El Fattah is to stand trial on Sunday along with 24 co-defendants on charges of illegal protesting.

Abd El Fattah's aunt, Ahdaf Soueif, who is a novelist and prominent commentator, said that it is now time to “make sure they know the world is watching the trial.”

Although the family had presented requests that a date be set for the hearing, this only happened three months after the case was referred to the criminal court, with Abd El Fattah remaining in detention throughout.

On Friday, a security source at the Ministry of the Interior had denied that Abd El Fattah is being held in an undisclosed location, state-owned Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported.

Abd El Fattah was arrested in November, two days after the first demonstration following the passing of the Protest Law banning demonstrations without prior approval from the authorities.

Although the organizers released a statement stating in was in fact them who had planned the protest, Abd El Fattah was still accused of doing so.

He was arrested at night in his home, and both he and his wife were beaten.