a journalist for the french daily l , christophe boltanski , was threatened on monday by several men in a street of tunis , where he was briefing on the abuses of human rights activists . he was badly beaten and tortured with a knife in the back by two suspected gunman near his hotel in the diplomatic building . boltanski was reportedly hit in the mouth by pepper injection . he called for protection , but the policemen on guard near the nearby czech embassy did not respond , according to liberation .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.