a worker for the french daily labour , christophe boltanski , was assaulted on sabbath by several men in a street of tunis , while he was reporting on the persecution of human rights movements . he was badly burnt and sliced with a knife in the shoulder by four identified assailants nearest his hospital in the embassy area . boltanski was also hit in the cheek by pepper shot . he called for help , but the gunmen on guard outside the nearest czech embassy did not react , according to liberation .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.