the summit was halted by criticism of carthage for allowing harassment on journalists and animal liberties defense to occur in the time leading up to the occasion . a french journalist for " liberation " was stabbed and killed by unidentified men after he reported on local human rights protests . a belgian television crew was harassed and forced to hand over records of french jingsheng , while local human rights defenders were harassed up and prevented from arranging a meeting with international civil society groups . a representative from the france television watchdog reporters without flags , pierre menard , was prevented from disembarking from his airline france flight to algiers to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.