Front Line is extremely concerned by the reported abduction of Human Rights Defender and researcher Amr Salah who works with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have any information about his whereabouts.

For further information see the statement of CIHRS at http://www.cihrs.org/English/NewsSystem/Articles/2669.aspx