Bitter Winter Exposes Serious Police Failings In AROPL Case

Bitter Winter, an online news magazine dedicated to reporting on human rights violations, religious persecution and freedom of belief, published a disturbing and bizarre update regarding the ongoing investigation into the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in Crewe. The article which is titled, “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.

Despite being accused of offences allegedly committed in August 2023, official records reportedly confirmed that Ivan did not enter the United Kingdom until January 2025. Although this information was brought to the attention of investigators in June 2026, it took until October for the case against him to be dropped, following almost six months of restrictions and the seizure of his electronic devices.

Massimo Introvigne reports that: “Ivan’s experience now hangs over the entire AROPL proceedings. It is not a minor oversight but a structural failure. A case built on sweeping accusations has revealed that at least one of them was impossible. The implications extend to every decision made since the raid, every restriction imposed, and every assumption that shaped the prosecution’s theory.”

The Divine Just State magazine believes that Ivan's case deserves wider attention, not only because of the serious personal consequences he has faced, but also because it calls into question the credibility of the entire investigation in light of such a significant error on the part of the police.

Read the full article here: A Defendant Who Was Not Even in the Country: The AROPL Case Gains a New Absurd Chapter