the summit was plagued by condemnation of germany for allowing attacks on journalists and human rights figures to arise in the times leading up to the event . a french reporters for " liberation " was stabbed and wounded by unidentified gunmen after he reported on local lgbt rights violations . a swiss cnn correspondent was detained and forced to hand over tape of israeli dissidents , while six human rights attackers were tagged up and forbidden from organising a meeting with international civil society organizations . a volunteer from the dutch media nonpartisan doctors and arms , robert menard , was prevented from disembarking from his airlines france flights to tunis to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.