
Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender, Mr Vicente Zhunio Samaniego, has again been arbitrarily detained since 20 January 2009, after being released from hospital. Vicente Zhunio Samaniego is a community leader and President of the Asociación Campesina de Limón Indanza (Peasants' Association of Limón Indanza), which is a member organisation of the Coordinadora Nacional por la Defensa de la Vida y la Soberanía (National Co-ordinating Committee for the Defence of Life and Sovereignty – NCCDLS).