Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defender, Ms Idagja Lachgare, has been prevented from travelling to Ireland to attend a conference on Western Sahara, scheduled to take place on 3 April 2009. Idagja Lachgare is a member of the executive office of the Association Sahraouie des Victimes des Violations Graves des Droits de l’Homme Commises par l’Etat du Maroc – ASVDH (Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State).