
Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arrest and detention of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari, co-president of the Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits humains au Sahara occidental - CORELSO (Committee for the respect of liberties and human rights in the Western Sahara), on 13 April 2008 in Marrakesh.Ennaama Asfari was reportedly subject to torture and ill-treatment by police officers before being brought into police custody. He is currently being detained at the Boulemharez Prison in Marrakesh. 