French journalist beaten in Tunis
{{date|November 12, 2005}}

A journalist for the French Daily ''[[w:Libération|Libération]]'', Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of [[w:Tunis|Tunis]], where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists.
  
He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. Boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray. He called for help, but the policemen on guard outside the nearby Czech Embassy did not react, according to ''Libération''. 

Boltanski filed a complaint on Saturday morning before returning to Paris. ''Libération'' and Reporters without Borders suspect this attack was a deliberate act of intimidation decided by the Tunisian regime. According to a United Press International report, Tunisian authorities arrested two men Saturday on suspicion of assaulting Boltanski.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=337984
|title=L'envoyé spécial de «Libération» à Tunis violemment agressé
|author=François Sergent
|pub=Libération.fr 
|date=November 12, 2005}} ''French language''
*{{source|url=http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/70455/
|title=French daily’s visiting correspondent badly beaten and stabbed on Tunis street
|author=[[Reporters Without Borders|RSF]]
|pub=IFEX
|date=November 12, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051112-014836-2911r
|title=Tunisia arrests 2 for journalist's assault
|author=
|pub=United Press International
|date=November 12, 2005}}

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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:Tunisia]]
[[Category:Reporters Without Borders]]
[[Category:Tunis]]
A journalist for the French Daily Libération, Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of Tunis, where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists.
  
He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. Boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray. He called for help, but the policemen on guard outside the nearby Czech Embassy did not react, according to Libération. 

Boltanski filed a complaint on Saturday morning before returning to Paris. Libération and Reporters without Borders suspect this attack was a deliberate act of intimidation decided by the Tunisian regime. According to a United Press International report, Tunisian authorities arrested two men Saturday on suspicion of assaulting Boltanski.
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