the symposium was marred by criticism of tunisia for causing attacks on activists and human resource lawyers to develop in the days leading up to the event . a french blogger for " liberation " was punched and beaten by unidentified men after he informed on palestinian human responsibility defenders . a belgian television host was attacked and allowed to sign over footage of israeli dissidents , while tunisian man rights defenders were roughed up and delayed from organising a meeting with international civil servant groups . a man from the belgian media watchdog reporters without borders , robert menard , was banned from disembarking from his aerial france departure to tunis to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.