Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has signed a law imposing stricter punishments for citizens who join terrorist groups, but the law also restricts the freedom of the press
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed into law Sunday a measure he says will reign in terrorism and discourage militant groups at a time when the country is fighting a rising insurgency aligned with the Islamic State. But tucked within the law is a stipulation critics say could also choke independent media coverage of emerging terror groups, and which effectively empowers the government to dictate the public conversation about these groups. Details