Women Human Rights Defenders Targeted In Smear Campaigns
To smear and disgrace women human rights defenders is a proven method that is widely used by repressive regimes and powers with the aim to silence critics. The latest person to fall victim to a “dirty” smear campaign intent on subjecting women to public vilification is Vanja Calovic from Montenegro – Natalia bracelet bearer and Director of the human rights organisation MANS.
As the leading anti-corruption defender in Montenegro, her tireless struggle against organised crime and misuse of state funds has made her a constant target by state authorities. In late June, she was exposed in the Montenegrin newspaper, The Informer. The paper published offensive sexual images taken from a random video and claimed that they portrayed Vanja.
We invite our users to read the full article published July 4th 2014.
