Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’ | Protest

The arrest of a man to hold a special eye cartoon during a protest at the weekend, Ian Hislop, the editor of the magazine, said that the retired teacher was “inconceivable” as he wanted an apology from the police.

Jon Farley was taken by the police in a silent demonstration in Leeds on Saturday and was described as a “quite terrible and sad experience ,, a joke of the government’s ban on Palestinian action from the last issue of Specialist magazine every two weeks.

“[Police officers] He took me, caught me and took me to the side, and after all, I sat on the sidewalk, ”he said 67 -year -old.

“I think they said something about the poster. And I said: ‘This is a special look. I can show you.

Later, the Law of Terrorism, which banned support for a prohibited organization, was arrested in accordance with the 12th episode of 2000.

Farley, who has never been arrested before, said, “This is a little surreal.” “Frankly, I wasn’t any physical threat. They didn’t have to act as they did.

“At this point I was in the minibus, so I wasn’t going anywhere. ‘

Meanwhile, the police found the name of the senior bus passage and was taken to a police station.

Six hours later, after being questioned by the Anti -Terrorist Police, under bail conditions, as pointed out, he was allowed to leave because he did not participate in the “Palestinian action” rallies that he would never do and would not be illegal under the laws of terrorism.

On Monday morning, a anti -terrorist officer urged him to tell him that he would not encounter any other action.

“I said: ‘If I go to another demo and hold that cartoon again, does it mean that I will be arrested or not arrested?’ And he said: ‘I can’t tell you, it was done according to the situation.’ ‘

He said: “There was no apology, no explanation. This lack of dark clarity.”

Farley, who stayed with small bruising and cutting his arms, said that he was “angry and angry after the experience. “At first I was very shocked and then relieved, but now I think, wait a minute, what happened here?

“What’s really of interest to me is the whole scare atmosphere.”

Farley, who participated in a series of peaceful demonstrations in the past, drew attention to the day he was arrested, while 32 Palestinian Gaza was lined up by the Israeli defense forces in Gaza, referring to his poster.

“I saw it in the private eye and I thought: ‘This is really well thought out. There is some nuance about it.’ But I don’t think the cops do nuance.

“I learned that someone later told someone from the police: ‘You know you can take a special eye for the journalist next to the minibus you took him in, will you arrest Ian Hislop?’

“So they come out with all this guf: ‘If it’s printed, it’s okay. But if you are carrying it in the demo [it’s illegal]. ‘This sounds like the police who made up the law. “

He said that the private eye was not arrested from the London office – the caricature was ör from a very clear example of freedom of speaking about a government policy issue ”.

The 63 -year -old Hiciv magazine’s editor: ım I thought he was dealing with minds. So, laughing. Frankly, he could not believe it, and the immediately responding in the office was punished for the ages, ”he said.

Cartoon “Actually, it is an acceptable and very smooth and funny small capszing about what is, and this is a joke – so, a very black joke – but about the hypocrisy of all kinds of action in Gaza.

“So it is not difficult to understand. Critical, but clearly a joke. It seems absolutely extraordinary that someone can be arrested for holding him.”

Authorized, the arrested police officers did not hear the special eye “disappointment,” he added. “This is really depressing, isn’t it? This is probably the most terrible thing,” he joked.

West Yorkshire Police said: iz We are sorry that the man is not satisfied with the conditions of this arrest. Since this is a new banned organization, the Western Yorkshire police are considering learning any individual or organizational learning from this event. ”