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UN urges reversal of US sanctions on Gaza rights expert
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – The United States sanctioned Francesca Albanese for urging ICC investigations into alleged war crimes by US and Israeli officials amid growing international criticism of the move.
- On July 9-10, 2025, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations expert responsible for monitoring conditions in the Palestinian territories under Israeli control, citing her critical reports and efforts to urge the International Criminal Court to take legal action against Israeli and U.S. officials.
- The sanctions followed Albanese's June 30 report accusing over 60 companies, including U.S. firms, of profiting from Israeli military actions described as 'illegal occupation, apartheid, and now genocide'.
- Israel supported the sanctions and ran a digital campaign using paid Google ads to discredit Albanese, while UN members and European Union urged Washington to reverse the punitive measure.
- Albanese criticized the sanctions for aiming to undermine her mission, cautioned that they might limit her ability to travel, and affirmed her intention to carry on with her current work.
- The sanctions mark the first against a UN special rapporteur and raise concerns about chilling effects on human rights advocacy amid escalating geopolitical tensions over Gaza.
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Geneva. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said yesterday that following the sanctions imposed on her by the United States, she faces the freezing of assets and possible travel restrictions, measures that could have a “frightening effect” on people who relate to her and restrict her movements, she said.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned on Friday, July 11, the sanctions imposed by the United States against Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, as evidence of Washington's unconditional support for Israel. READ ALSO: Gaza: Israeli troops assassinate nine Palestinians while awaiting humanitarian aid Hamas claimed that the US government's decision reflects a total disregard for internati…
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Denver Gazette'There are no red lines anymore' says UN Palestinian rights expert on US sanctions
By Olivia Le Poidevin
Washington is placing Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur investigating human rights violations in the Palestinian territories, on trial. How can someone so controversial represent the United Nations? "She belongs to the anti-Israel clique of so-called human rights defenders."
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