The Silence is Broken: The Case For AROPL is Heard in Court

The 22nd of October 2026 was a milestone date in the ongoing case against members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light accused of serious offences including sexual assault, human trafficking and modern day slavery.

A total of 16 believers were arrested and released on bail with strict bail conditions. They have been under police investigation for over 6 months and until the 22nd of October the public was not given any information from the defence legal team by order of the court. A gag order was lifted by the presiding judge on the 10th of November 2026, allowing the release of details from the court hearing at the Magistrate’s Court on the 22nd of October.

The leading law firm instructed by The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light for the defence of the accused, Bindmans, released a press statement to clarify the details permitted to be released by the court.

Interestingly, Cheshire Police has also chosen to release their statement regarding the rulings from the 22nd of October court hearing on the same day, the 10th of November, despite there being no gag order restraining their information. The prosecuting police legal team are the side being served by the gag order not the defence.

The details in both statements are incredibly revealing. We encourage the reader to take the time to assess both statements to discern what is really going on in this case. The big scandal is how much time and money has been spent so far in pursuing this outrageous investigation off the back of the allegations of one unreliable claimant while the voices of over 300 people are completely ignored.

Stay tuned for more to come from the biggest legal story of religious persecution in the UK from the last 50 years.