The Timeline of Events and How One Case Stands Out

Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels). In this article, written by Mr Hans Noot, Associate Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, the author highlights several interesting points which, upon closer examination, raise serious questions about the competence and judgement of Cheshire Constabulary.

The article takes us through some of the events of the ongoing investigation thus far and how they are unfolding in the public eye. During the raid, which took place on 29 April 2026, officers alleged that 14 members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light had obstructed police officers. These allegations were not pursued, and the cases were subsequently dropped at South Cheshire Magistrates' Court in Crewe on 28 September 2026.

The article draws a clear distinction, however, between those arrested for obstruction, whose cases were later dropped, and those accused of the original offences of modern slavery and sexual assault, allegedly committed in August 2023. Mr Morales's case fell into the latter category, for which he was arrested on 8 May 2026. The offences were allegedly committed in Crewe in August 2023. Mr Morales, however, WAS NOT in the country during August 2023. In fact, he first arrived in the UK on 6 January 2025.

The article delves deeper into a matter that was seemingly ignored by the media. One of the individuals accused of human trafficking and sexual assault, allegations upon which the raid was conducted, was not even in the country when the alleged crimes took place. It took the police more than five months to establish that Mr Ivan Uriel Silva Morales had entered the United Kingdom for the first time, 17 months after the alleged offences.

In the 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 explicitly highlights a significant discrepancy which Cheshire East Council and Cheshire Constabulary failed to acknowledge on their respective websites. In Mr Ivan Morales's case, the allegation appears fundamentally inconsistent with his documented whereabouts, unless, of course, Mr Morales had somehow managed to be in two places at once, on different continents.

The concerns raised in this article are as important today as they were six months ago, if not more so, as people's lives have been put on hold following a single allegation made in March 2026, approximately two years and seven months after the alleged incident. This is particularly concerning given that the police extended Mr Morales's bail even though his lawyer, Mr Dharna, had informed the lead investigating officer on 17 June 2026 that his client had not been in the country at the time of the alleged offences.

The article highlights that, six months after 500 officers entered the AROPL community's headquarters, not a single individual has been charged, to the public's knowledge. The article challenges the narrative that residents of Webb House pose a security threat to the public, particularly given that no firearms or drugs were found on the premises. AROPL members have been living peacefully in Crewe since 2021, without any reported incidents or evidence to suggest that they are, or ever were, a "danger to the public."

Read the full article to find out more.