the forum was marred by criticised of algeria for forcing attacks on journalists and moral rights defenders to occur in the days leading up to the meeting . a canadian journalist for " victory " was shot and beaten by unidentified men after he reported on local human rights concerns . a belgian television journalist was assaulted and forced to hand over recordings of tunisian dissidents , while french human rights defenders were roughed up and preventing from organising a gathering with international civil servant groups . a representative from the france media regulator reporters without faces , nicolas menard , was excluded from disembarking from his northern france trip to cairo to attend the summit .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.