I saw his testimony and was quite moved - especially the stuff about his still born child and being suicidal. It's clear that there was a cultural issue at Yorkshire and Yorkshire have chronically failed in their procedures for investigating his claims. Where have we seen that before?
However, I personally thought the panel gave him a pretty easy ride. Whilst he was rightly treated with sympathy, he has made some very serious allegations - some specific, some non-specific - against individuals often without evidence. Of course, with alleged verbal racist and/or bullying abuse, it may be difficult to find and present evidence, which is precisely why forensic questioning and challenge was required to draw out the substance behind the claims and potentially acquire avenues to follow-up and verify the claims (including questioning others). The allegations have huge implications for those individuals cited and whilst the panel shouldn't disbelieve him, they should have remembered that what he was saying were allegations as it came across that they automatically believed everything he said.
Further, the press and media seem to have taken a similar line - and not just the left wing press - with his allegations presented as fact in a lot of quarters and some of those named already presented as guilty without their side of the story or response to the allegations being heard. Gary Ballance, for example, has been portrayed as a bully, racist etc etc (and this may or may not be true), but Ballance has suggested that the name-calling with Rafiq was two-way and this historic Tweet gives some credence to that and also generally raises some questions about the truthfulness of his testimony and the decision of the panel and press/media to automatically believe him.
Personally, I am not concerned about silly Tweets from 10 years ago, whether its Olly Robinson, Rafiq or the Somerset player cited today (for calling someone "Steve"), but I am concerned when someone has gone on the front foot and made allegations against people when he himself has a chequered past on the same front.