Egypt's Sisi approves anti-terrorism law setting up special courts

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers in the face of a two-year-long insurgency that aims to topple his government. It also shields those applying it, such as the military and police, from legal ramifications for the proportionate use of force "in performing their duties." Sisi had promised a tougher legal system in July, after a car bomb attack that killed the top public prosecutor, the highest level state official to be killed in years. Financing "terrorist groups" will also carry a penalty of life in prison, which in Egypt is 25 years.




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