On the morning of 12 November 2026, two officers took Anthony Farrell into custody at Ocean Village Marina. Further details should be forthcoming, and will be published here as soon as they are released. The Gibraltar Chronicle has just published Governor rejects appeal lodged by British man declared a prohibited immigrant.
Once The Gibraltar Messenger learned that the Governor rejected Farrell’s appeal on 10 November; the court refused to accept an appeal application on 9 November; and both Benhurst and Richards recently grovelled to James Levy, he wrote a scathing letter to The Governor of Gibraltar and Commissioner of Police, entitled “The REAL Prohibited Immigrant/s”.
What Led Up To Anthony Farrell’s Arrest?
Anthony Farrell says The Establishment in Gibraltar has targeted him for calling out government corruption at all levels, exposing medical tyranny, and protesting against the genocide in Gaza.
“They are trying to create an impression that he is a dangerous terrorist when he is not,” said The Gibraltar Messenger.
Recent headlines revealed Anthony Farrell did not plan to comply with a deportation order: British man expelled from Gibraltar ‘won’t leave voluntarily’.
Before revealing both appeals in their original forms, a review of some facts is in order.
On 18th August 2026, Magistrate Charles Bonfante found Farrell guilty under Section 11 (1)b of The Terrorism Act; however, later at the sentencing hearing on 24 September 2026, Bonfante stated that he considered Farrell’s action to be a minor offence and gave Farrell a 6-month conditional discharge.
What Was Anthony Farrell’s Minor Offence?
On Gibraltar’s National Day 2025, Farrell wore a red T-shirt, with the front featuring an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a war criminal, and the back displaying the colors of the Palestinian flag with the statement: “There is no debate. Fake-Israel is a terrorist state.” Farrell also had possession of a sandwich board, featuring the original text of a draft letter from The Gibraltar Messenger intended for The Gibraltar Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors’ Registration Board. The letter was an appeal against the unfair suspension of a Muslim nurse, essentially being accused of anti-semitism for one of her online social media posts.
Farrell was arrested near Roxy’s Café, not long after what he described as ‘convivial’ chat with two officers, where one had taken a photo of the sandwich board. At his plea hearing Farrell described the charge as ludicrous and has repeatedly re-stated that he is not a Hamas supporter, but he is vehemently opposed to the genocide in GAZA, as per his interview with The Olive Press, which also featured the t-shirt in question.
Farrell laid out the recent chronology of events in Unwanted For Telling The Truth, which included learning of the extraordinary measures the prosecution took to try to deport him then, serving him notice of their intentions at the originally scheduled 8th September sentence-hearing, which was rescheduled for 24th September.
The Prosecution’s Extraordinary Measure At Sentencing
“Turning up to court fully anticipating a sentencing hearing, I got given instead a landmark deportation application which was unimpressively riddled with all manner of falsehoods,” Farrell wrote.
The document stated that Farrell’s presence on The Rock was “detrimental to Gibraltar”. This curve-ball measure delayed sentencing until 24th September.
However, in considering the deportation application, Magistrate Bonfante said Farrell’s minor offence would not merit such a deportation order; and he dismissed the prosecution’s application. “Magistrate rejects Crown bid to remove Briton convicted under the Terrorism Act.”
At first if you don’t succeed, try, try again.
A second attempt to deport Farrell comes by way of the Royal Gibraltar Police Commissioner.
Twenty-seven days after Bonfante rejected the Crown’s application, the Royal Gibraltar Police Commissioner Owain Richards, acting as Principal Immigration Officer, served a notice to Farrell on 21st of October, giving him 21 days to leave Gibraltar. – British national convicted under Terrorism Act banned from Gib.
Richards declared Farrell a “Prohibited Immigrant” under section 52(1)(f) of the Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Act; and wrote Farrell was prohibited from remaining, entering or seeking to enter Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory.
Farrell said this section means “someone said something”, but no details of who or what was reported have been disclosed to him. He said that for undisclosed reasons, based upon undisclosed information from an undisclosed source that Owain Richards deemed “reliable” based upon undisclosed criteria, Richards issued the order.
Richards wrote Farrell’s only recourse was to appeal to the Governor of Gibraltar. However, Farrell said this was not true, as it ignored challenging the constitutionality of the deportation order in the Supreme Court.
Thus, Farrell challenged The Commissioner’s notice with two submissions. He wrote to the Governor; and he attempted to file an application in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, asking for an interim injunction and a judicial review of the constitutionality of the declaration.
Farrell’s Two Requests To Stop The Second Deportation Attempt
1 – In his 5th of November letter to the Governor, Farrell notes that under IARA section 59(3), not even the Governor can deport him while he has cases under appeal. He has two. On 7th October, Farrell officially appealed Bonfante’s conviction. And on 17th September, he officially appealed a civil harassment case brought by Gibraltar’s Director of Public Health, tentatively scheduled for the Appellate Court’s Spring 2027 session. One of Farrell’s arguments is that he would be unfairly prejudiced in both those cases if he is removed from The Rock.
On 10 November, The Governor Ben Bathurst denied Farrell’s appeal – Governor Bathurst – Farrell Appeal Determination.
It was this denial that prompted The Gibraltar Messenger’s letter to him (and Richards) – The REAL Prohibited Immigrant/s.
2 – On 9th of November, Farrell tried to submit an appeal to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. He was applying for constitutional redress, judicial review and an interim injunction concerning the deportation notice under Section 16(1) of the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006. However, the court refused his submission, citing that the procedure required other protocols and those came with a £1300 fee.
In the rejected appeal, Farrell contended that the close sequence of these events, between the failed judicial deportation application and the executive immigration declaration, requires scrutiny of the latter decision’s purpose, reasons and evidential basis. He asked that relevant communications concerning the deportation decision be preserved and disclosed. If found to have been taken for an improper purpose, without proper consideration of relevant matters, or in breach of constitutional rights, Farrell seeks a declaration that the decision made under section 52(1)(f) of IARA was unlawful. Note: Farrell’s submission was accompanied by an Affidavit of Truth – Witness Statement.
It’s Really About the Civil Case
The Distraction Principle – “Look here, not there.”
Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another, generally to take the advantage or controlling position on an issue.
“It’s Really About Preventing the Civil Case From Being Heard by The Appeal Court,” said The Gibraltar Messenger.
Both Anthony Farrell and The Gibraltar Messenger believe Gibraltar does not want the civil appeal to move forward, because it’s damning not only for Helen Carter but also for government ministers, the RGP and to the Gibraltar Health Authority, whom they accuse of medical tyranny and crimes against humanity.
While people debate whether “T-shirt-wearing-and-sign-carrying” Farrell supports terrorism, they fail to see that he has historically opposed state terrorism; and that he has actively opposed medical tyranny imposed on Gibraltarians; and more specifically the m-RNA covid injections that he and experts have said are bioweapons. Many of these experts were featured in Democide on The Rock.
Farrell said he was not harassing Carter, but was trying to stop crimes prepetrated on The Rock, which he had a moral and lawful obligation to do. He added that Carter is a public official making public health recommendations, and as so she is not above or immune from criticism. He describes the cases against him as weaponized “lawfare”, trying to silence and punish him for speaking truth to power. The civil proceedings styled Helen Carter v. Anthony Farrell, Case No:2026/ORD/017, is detailed in the article: Anthony Farrell Calls For Arrest of Helen Carter and Hassans Legal Team.
But Just Who Is Anthony Farrell?
Anthony Farrell is a former Principal Intelligence Analyst with South Yorkshire Police in the United Kingdom. He became known as a whistleblower after he refused to lie about his analysis of the “Terror Threat” in a Strategic Threat Assessment meant for The Chief Constable. Further, he declared in advance that he had reached a conclusion that the 7/7 London Bombings were an inside job”. – Tony Farrell Stationed in Gibraltar With Banners of Truth
Farrell, who is now a pensioner, arrived in Gibraltar in 2018, and soon became a familiar face with his activism. When he saw crime, he reported it. When he saw injustice, he exposed it. And when needed, he raised his voice. His activism On The Rock is well-documented on his page on The Gibraltar Messenger.
Some Gibraltarians say they live in an harmonious society, yet The Gibraltar Messenger says they fear the government and others in positions of power. “It only appears harmonious, because the people are afraid of reprisals from the tyrannical powers that shouldn’t be. So they go along with all of the corruption and injustice, in order to get along,” he said.
“Tony doesn’t fear them. He fears God, as everyone should because that is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 9:10),” said The Gibraltar Messenger. “It’s more likely that the government and those in power fear Tony, and the repercussions of his civil case, if he were to win the appeal.”
Matthew 5:10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is The Kingdom of heaven.
5:11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their churches;
10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.