the symposium was disrupted by disapproval of tunisia for allowing attacks on journalists and human resources defenders to occur in the times leading up to the event . a french journalist for " liberty " was stabbed and beaten by unidentified people after he remarked on arab disability right protesters . a belgian news crew was harassed and forced to hand over photographs of algerian dissidents , while local property rights defenders were roughed up and prevented from commencing a conference with international civil society groups . a representative from the tunisian media watchdog reporters beyond borders , richard menard , was restrained from embarkation from his air france flights to tunis to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.