the summit was troubled by criticizing of tunisia for allowing attempts on journalists and human rights defenders to occur in the months beginning up to the event . a french journalist for " democracy " was stabbed and beaten by unnamed gunmen after he reported on some people rights violations . a dutch television crew was stabbed and forced to hand over footage of local dissidents , while local lgbt security residents were roughed up and prevented from planning a meeting with international civilized society factions . a deputy from the french media regulator reporters without arms , bernard nadeau , was prevented from disembarking from his air france flight to brussels to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.