the summit was preceded by criticism of tunisia for allowing raids on journalists and human rights defenders to occur in the times led up to the occasion . a french correspondent for " solidarity " was stabbed and beaten by unknown personnel after he reported on local human rights protesters . a belgian television reporter was attacked and forced to hand over footage of tunisian leftists , while local human rights defenders were assaulted up and stopped from organising a meeting with other civilized society groups . a representative from the french political watchdog reporters before borders , robert menard , was prevented from disembarking from his airlines france flight to strasbourg to host the gathering .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.