the summit was marred by criticized of tunisia for limiting assault on journalist and human rights defenders to occur in the days leading up to the date . a french representative for " liberation " was stabbed and beaten by undisclosed men after he reported on local human left demands . a romanian television crew was harassed and had to handing over footage of tunisian dissidents , while local human rights defenders were roughed up and prevent from organising a meeting with independent civil government groups . a representative from the french political watchdog reporting without borders , robert kahne , was forbidden from disembark from his air france station to tunis to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.