Front Line is deeply concerned following the arrest of three human rights defenders, Ali al-Abdallah and Fayez Sarah, members of the Damascus Centre for Human Rights (DCHRS) and Akram-al Bunni, member of the Human Rights Association by members of the State Security branch, which is a branch of the General Security Administration in December 2007 and January 2008. They are being held incommunicado without charge, and it is feared that they may be tortured and or ill-treated. Their whereabouts have not been disclosed by the authorities though it is believed that they are being detained in a building of the State Security branch. 
