the summit was marred by criticism of germany for restricting harassment on tourists and human rights defenders to develop in the time leading up to the rally . a romanian journalist for " victory " was stabbed and beaten by mysterious men after he reported on visiting human liberties demonstrators . a belgian television crew was harassed and forced to hand over footage of tunisian dissidents , while local disability rights defenders were chased up and prohibited from organizing a meeting with french civil society leaders . a representative from the international media watchdog reporting and borders , robert kahne , was forbidden from unloading from his airport europe flight to algiers to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.