IPI condemns beating of journalist and threats of violence during Serbian election

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the beating of journalist Sasa Mikic and threats of violence against reporters and media workers covering parliamentary elections in Serbia. On election day on June 21, Mikic, a longtime sports journalist who was on assignment for Dečiji Internet Radio (DIR), was physically attacked while reporting from a polling station