11/2026

Astrology, tarot cards, psychic messages, alleged extraterrestrial encounters and other supernatural claims? Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) has published a new article raising serious questions about the credibility of sources relied upon by British media outlets in their reporting on the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL).

What if the strongest evidence for a police investigation is the investigation itself? At a Chester court hearing, Cheshire Police sought to prolong restrictions on seven members of a minority religious group, none of whom has been criminally charged. The defence challenged the case’s foundations. The result was a peculiar legal paradox: a search for evidence that, ironically, has become its own justification.

On 10 November, Cheshire Police and Bindmans LLP issued separate press statements concerning the 22 October court hearing involving AROPL members. The differences between their accounts are revealing.

Marco Respinti's account of the October 22 court date for AROPL members raises serious questions about the evidential basis for continued restrictions and the implications for those affected.

Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) examines how sensationalist media coverage, misinformation and online propaganda contributed to the rapid mobilisation of hostile protests outside the community's headquarters.

In this article, Human Rights Without Frontiers calls on Cheshire Constabulary to explain the following points, and I quote: "why Morales was arrested for an offence allegedly committed in a country he had not yet entered; why his bail was extended after his lawyer had provided an alibi that could be checked against his passport; why it took four months after that alibi, and more than five months after his arrest, to close the case."

The article, titled “UNITED KINGDOM: Crewe: A long court day for AROPL—and new racist riots”, reports on the court hearing held on 17 June 2026, involving twenty-four members of the community charged with public order offences following the police raid on Webb House on 29 April.

Marco Respinti, a renowned Italian journalist, author, translator, and lecturer, recounts his visit to AROPL headquarters and raises some important questions: "This is not the tradition of the “Magna Charta” and the Glorious Revolution. Has the UK decided to change its nature? Has the UK turned into something else?"

“A Defendant Who Was Not Even in the Country: The AROPL Case Gains a New Absurd Chapter” examines the case of Ivan M, a Mexican national who was among those investigated in connection with the police raid on Webb House in April 2026.

The local press appears to have settled on a convenient narrative: echoing the police statement while overlooking the defence’s account. On social media, the decision to restrict comments raises further questions. When only one side of a story is amplified and public discussion is curtailed, where does reporting end and editorial bias begin?

Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) reports on the police operation at Webb House in Crewe on 29 April 2026, where members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) reside. AROPL members shared firsthand accounts of their experiences during the raid and its aftermath.