Detailed list of the referees and the violations they encountered:

Detailed list of the referees and the violations they encountered: 

1. Muammar Ameen Wattani (International Referee):

Muammar's picture was published on BahrainTv in the sport program “Hadath Khas” [Special Event], which is presented by Fayiz AlSada, and hosted Majed sultan, Abdullah Bunoval and Faisal AlSheikh. Where they libeled the athletes and called them traitors and other unmoral descriptions. Before the program, a defamation and distrust campaign invaded the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and governmental and sectarian forums through publishing pictures of him in the march or in the Pearl Roundabout with sectarian and racist comments.

10th April, 2011, Local governmental newspapers published his final suspension from arbitration for participating in the march (The Handball Federation was the only sports body that published in the newspapers names of those who were suspended for participating in athletes march).

11th April, Muammar was dismissed from his job in the Ministry of Health, two days later; he was arrested and spent 79 days in detention, where he faced physical and psychological torture. The referee was in Noaim police station and transferred between Dry Dock and Hoora police station.

2. Isa Mohammed Sowayed (Retired International Referee -Chairman of the Referees Committee)

10th April, 2011, local newspapers published his suspension from all his positions in the Sport Federation as the Director of the Federation and the Chairman of the Referees Committee due to his participation in the athletes march (The Handball Federation was the only sports body that published in the newspapers names of those who were suspended for participating in athletes march).

3. Abdulwahid Al Eskafi -Retired International Referee and referee’s observer (a board member of Bahrain Handball Federation)

He was sacked from arbitration and arrested on April 13, in Noaim police station for 15 days and encountered to psychological torture and insults.

4. Abdul Ridha Kadhem Al Owaynati – Handball referee.

He was arrested on March 18, used to work in the Ministry of Interior and sentenced to four years. On August 8, he was released, since then he wasn’t called for arbitration resumption, although he was not banned from the Handball Federation.

5. Issa Jaffer – First referee

He was dismissed from his job in Bahrain National Gas Company (BANAGAS) for more than 6 months, and then returned under unfair terms.

Other suspended referee’s due to expressing their views:

15th April, 2011, the secretary general of the federation (Khalid Najim) stated that dismissing all referees made by the Handball Federation were taken based on pictures shown on Bahrain TV, after his meeting with the new committee where he called the dismissed referees as traitors.

* Radhi Habib – International lecturer in International Handball Federation , referee’s observer and a member in the Referees Committee
* Ghassan Ameer – International Referee
* Ali Ebrahim Al Shamrookh – Continental Referee
* Mohammed Habib Radhi – Continental Referee
* Hassan Abbas – Second Referee
* Ali Al Shuwaikh – Second Referee
* Hani Al-Shahabi – Second Referee