# Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

In 2015, the UN Human Rights Office expressed concern over a campaign by media close to the SNS against ombudsman Saša Janković, in which he was called a "murderer" and an "arms smuggler". In 2025, seven UN experts warned of coordinated smear campaigns against students, whom government officials also called "terrorists".

## Affairs

- [Campaign against Ombudsman Saša Janković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/kampanja-protiv-zastitnika-gradjana): It expressed concern about the pressure and the campaign in which he was called a “murderer” and an “arms smuggler”
- [Students as “terrorists”: a campaign by the authorities and tabloids](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/studenti-teroristi-kampanja): UN experts pointed to smear campaigns against students and protesters being labelled “terrorists”

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ohchr  
As of: 9 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)