An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her.

The US imposed sanctions on Wednesday on the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese. The sanctions follow Albanese’s scathing report on 30 June in which she named over 60 companies,

Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt @IntlCrimCourt action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies, and executives. Albanese’s campaign of political and economic…

The United Nations (UN) is pushing back against the United States after President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories

The Palestine Solidarity Network has just demanded that the government speak out against the US sanctions imposed on United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Albanese released a damning report identifying companies complicit in Israel’s mass killing and mass starvation of civilians in Gaza, provoking the US to sanction her.

The sanctioning of Francesca Albanese is a welcome step in combating the animus toward Israel that permeates the world body.

UN Special Rapporteur Albert Kwokwo Barume's visit to Papua was categorized as an informal or "academic visit".

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