Front Line is concerned following information received regarding the arrest of human rights defenders Mr Anees Mansoor and Mr Wajdy El-Shuaiby, on 13 January 2009. Anees Mansoor is a member of the Lahaj branch of the National Organisation for Defending Rights and Freedoms “HOOD”, and a journalist for Al-ayam newspaper. Wajdy El-Shuaiby covers human rights issues as a journalist for Alwatni newspaper.