the summit was interrupted by criticism of tunisia for causing attacks on journalists and humanity rights defenders to appear in the days ahead up to the gathering . a swiss journalist for " liberation " was slashed and burnt by unidentified forces after he reported on local human rights groups . a belgian television crew was violated and ordered to hand over cameras of tunisian detained , while nearby human rights protesters were roughed up and prevented from arranging a meeting with international civil interest group . a representative from the french media monitors reporters without frontiers , jacques gilliland , was prevented from disembarking from his air italy flight to tunisian to attended the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.