Egypt Anti-Terror Law of 2015
قانون مكافحة الإرهاب 2015
Summary
Sweeping Egyptian anti-terrorism law signed by President Sisi giving security forces broad powers to detain suspects without charge, fining journalists who contradict official accounts of attacks, and creating special courts for terrorism cases.
Impact
Used extensively to prosecute Brotherhood members, secular activists, and journalists. Human Rights Watch documented thousands of arrests under the law. Codified the consolidated security state under Sisi.
Parties involved
Sources
- introduced_date en.wikipedia.org 2026-06-06 — Decree law 94/2015
https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/eg-anti-terror-2015 How to cite
This is a citation for the legislation itself — credited to House of Representatives of Egypt and dated to its 2015 introduction. Tayyar is the retrieval surface, not the author. A separate "Retrieved via" line records that you accessed it through this dataset.
In-text: (House of Representatives of Egypt, 2015) (House of Representatives of Egypt, 2015)
APA 7Institutional author
House of Representatives of Egypt. (2015). Anti-Terror Law of 2015 [Legislation]. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/eg-anti-terror-2015. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/eg-anti-terror-2015.
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
House of Representatives of Egypt. 2015. “Anti-Terror Law of 2015.” Legislation. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/eg-anti-terror-2015. Accessed June 21, 2026.
BibTeXLaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-bill-eg-anti-terror-2015,
title = {{Anti-Terror Law of 2015}},
author = {{House of Representatives of Egypt}},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-08-16},
type = {Legislation},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/eg-anti-terror-2015},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Retrieved via Tayyar on June 21, 2026}
}