Front Line expresses concern regarding the continued detention of human rights defender Lachit Bordoloi, who was arrested on 11 February 2008. Lachit Bordoloi is a journalist and adviser of Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS), an organisation working to defend civil and human rights in the Assam region. He is also the convenor of the Peoples Committee for Peace Initiatives in Assam (PCPIA) and a member of the Peoples Consultative Group (PCG), an organisation set up to initiate peace discussions between the Indian Government and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). 
