As French philosopher and writer Albert Camus once said, 'A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad.' Egypt is currently experiencing a severe crackdown on press freedom,

Women Journalists Without Chains has recently released a report that assessed the condition of freedom of expression and press freedom in Egypt. The report paints a grim picture of Egypt's deeply rooted environment of oppression under the control of military and security leaders.

Cairo- In its most recent report, published on April 12, 2023, Women Journalists Without Chains assessed Egypt's state of freedom of expression and opinion.

The questioning of journalists by the Tunisian government before military courts persists, even though such cases should have been handled by the civil judiciary under decrees 115 and 116 that have regulated the media sector since 2011.

President Kais Saied's stringent regulations on Tunisia since July 2021 have led to a decline in press liberty. He has steadily reinforced his grasp on authority, relegating the right to free expression to a time prior to the 2011 revolution, when President Ben Ali was overthrown and forced out of the country.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) released a report on March 16, 2023, revealing that the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, has imposed a state of emergency in the country since July 2021,

On March 8, International Women's Day, we at Women Journalists Without Chains urge the immediate release of female journalists and political prisoners