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Redwatch lies cost Andi Ali his job!

Andi Ali | 17.05.2008 23:20

Close down Redwatch now!

Andi Ali, a post gradate student undertaking a Masters Degree on the British National Party (BNP) was sacked by Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after his details were put the far right website Redwatch claiming he had raped a 14 year old girl in 1997. Mr Ali was accused by a number of HMRC employees, at the Tax Credit Office in Preston of sexual harassment. Those Tax Credit employees who submit these false allegations included, Nick Ivell, Anthony Stansfield, Jo Lewis and Phil Davies. Ali was found guilty by HMRC and a decision to dismiss was taken on the 23 December, 2007, by Richard Summersgill, Director of the Tax Credit Office. Go to the Redwatch website where you can see the picture of Ali that appeared on Redwatch acussing him of rape here:

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:hybVJK-VpbEJ:www.redwatch.net/old1.html+andi+ali+redwatch+raped&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

We hear that Mr Ali has reported all this to the police and await events. It is fairly obvious to anybody that Mr Ali has been the victim of a hate campaign by far right extremists and should be reinstated immediately. Further, Lewis, Stansfield, Davis and Ivell should be dismissed and charged under such offences as the Protection from Harassment Act, 1997. We will wait and see what (if any) the police response will be, but one thins is for sure: this matter is not going to go away. Redwatch is a vile site and should be closed down. It has already cost one innocent man his job. Who will be next?

Andi Ali

Comments

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Informed approach

18.05.2008 12:23

If Antifa can refrain from engaging in name shaming tactics then Redwatch will cease to have a sounding board. Most of what it does is illegal but if Antifa do it, too, then it makes the case for "well if they're doing it..."

Are you a member of a union? Best way to fight unfair dismissal is with support.

This is six months ago - have you moved on? Can you knock this on the head and get on with your life? You can fight injustice without sacrificing your future.

Hope that helps.

Harlequinade

please clarify

18.05.2008 12:51

Has Andi been sacked directly because of the alleged rape posted on Redwatch, or have his former collegues bought sexual harrasment charges of a seperate nature based on the info they have read about him on Redwatch?

Thanks

Concerned

wtf

18.05.2008 12:55

"If Antifa can refrain from engaging in name shaming tactics then Redwatch will cease to have a sounding board. Most of what it does is illegal but if Antifa do it, too, then it makes the case for "well if they're doing it..." "

redwatch is a lot older than Antifa (uk), thus rubbishing this argument in one easy step.

wtf?

Please clarify clearly

18.05.2008 15:08

It's obvious that Mr Ali is the victim of a hate campaign by the far right. It isn't at all clear how that is connected with the sexual harassment charges brought against him. Without clarifying this, the article simply looks like an attempt to smear the people who made the sexual harrasment allegations (which were, we are told, investigated and confirmed) by associating them with Redwatch.

Bunty Jenner
mail e-mail: buntyjennerATyahooDOTcoDOTuk

I have looked into this

18.05.2008 16:34

I have looked into this. It appears that the comments about sexual harassment were made after Ali was accused of raping a girl on Redwatch. The allegations were untrue but at the time Ali was Redwatch enemy number one, after conducting some kind of research on the BNP.
The allegations of sexual harassment were made by Tony Smith and others who work for HMRC in Preston. Smith also accused Ali of being an extremist for heckling the BNP (I kid you not) and for supporting suicide bombers, simply because he wore an Arabic headscarf. The easiest way is to ring up the Tax Credit Office in Preston and get the facts for yourself. Ali is said to have reported these allegations to the police. HMRC are said to not want an investigation. What does that tell you?

John

I rang the Tax Credit Office in Preston.

18.05.2008 16:47

I rang the Tax Credit Office in Preston. It appears the story is true. Have friends who work for the Tax Credit Office in Preston and they are said to be disgusted but are keeping quite through fear of losing their jobs.

Graham

If he really did its not good, though nazis against abuse is oxymoronic

18.05.2008 17:00

How come all the abusers in the BNP are let off, who were the BNP members who brought 14yr old girls in the hotel in BLackpool?
When not making excuses or praising for baby klling Hitler , collet & co seem to be really have a"goodtime"

James

IMC please accept sponsorship from workers coops, research more & silence nazi's

18.05.2008 17:14

If ALi did it, he needs punishing, Nazis regularly murder girls & rape them. Look what they did to entire families in Germany &still make excuses for vivisection on children & babies. Did Andi Ali put this story up, or is it just a wind up?
The fact is BNPleadership & Watmough's Redwatch support Adolf hitler the biggest child abuser in history, they are experts in bullying & abuse

Trollwatch

Andi Ali was the victum of racial discrimination

24.05.2008 14:05

Ihave friends who work at the Tax Credit Office who have confirmed the BNP were behind it.

Kimmy

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