Front Line is deeply concerned by the assault, on 20 December 2007, of 75 year-old human rights defender Ali Ben Salem. Ali Ben Salem is a founding member of several human rights organisations in Tunisia, including the National Human Rights Council (Conseil National pour les Libertés en Tunisie, CNLT) and the National Association of Former Members of the Resistance (Amicale Nationale des Anciens Résistants, ANAR). He is also President of the Bizerte chapter of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme, LTDH). Front Line had planned to meet with Ali Ben Salem in May 2007 in Tunisia but Ben Salem was prevented by the authorities from travelling to Tunis to do so. 
