the conference was overshadowed by criticism of tunisia for permitted attack on journalists and human rights defenders to occur in the days leading up to the event . a french journalist for " freedom " was punched and beaten by unidentified militants after he reported on local people trafficking groups . a belgium television presenter was harassed and ordered to hand over footage of tunisian journalists , while other population rights organizations were heckled up and prevented from holding a dialogue with international civil concern organizations . a representative from the greek media watchdog reporters no borders , francois kahne , was prevented from disembarking from his air france flight to tunisian to attend the meetings .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.