29 September 2023
Cartoonist Tawfiq Omrane is the subject of two complaints and is awaiting a court ruling.
On 25 September 2023, the cartoonist went to the Tunis 1 Court of First Instance to find out about the charges against him.
22 September 2023
The famous Tunisian cartoonist Tawfiq Omrane was arrested because of his cartoon and a photomontage and then provisionally released.
Tawfiq Omrane, a member of Cartooning for Peace, was arrested (article in French) in the late afternoon of 21 September 2023 at his home before being taken to the headquarters of the Mégrine national security district (article in French) where he was questioned for 3 hours. Placed in detention at the Bouchoucha centre following this interrogation, he was finally released provisionally later that night. He is due to appear before the Tunis 1 Court of First Instance on Monday 25 September.
