Tunisia’s attorney general has issued an arrest warrant for cartoonist Taufik Omraneh for cartoons mocking the country’s prime minister, his lawyer Anas Kadoussi told Reuters on Thursday. Caricatures of President Qais Said and Prime Minister Ahmed Khachani also appear on his Facebook page.

President Kais Syed and Prime Minister Ahmed KhachaniPhoto: Slim Abid / AP / Profimedia

Omrane is known for publishing satirical cartoons of President Kais Said, who seized nearly all power two years ago after freezing Tunisia’s elected parliament in what the opposition called a coup d’état.