UN special rapporteur on Palestine reacts to latest sanctions imposed by the US government over her latest report denouncing Israel's 'economy of genocide'

On July 9, 2025, the US State Department sanctioned Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories. As indicated in the DOS statement, “Albanese has spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism, and open contempt for the United States, Israel, and the West.”

Francesca Albanese, the U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, faces U.S. sanctions affecting her movements and engagements. Despite asset freezes, Albanese plans to continue her work, challenging Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

European Union criticizes the US for sanctioning Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, known for her anti-Israel stance.

The United Nations has strongly criticized the US decision to impose sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese tells Al Jazeera the move is retaliation for ‘pursuit of justice’ in Israel’s Gaza war.

The United States has imposed sanctions on the United Nations official who investigates human rights abuses in occupied Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the Trump administration to punish those who criticize Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. sanctions against U.N. expert Albanese mark an escalation in the international fallout over Israel's war in Gaza.

The government's silence on the case of Francesca Albanese, the Italian-born United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories who has been placed under US sanctions for alleged antisemitism in denouncing Israel's alleged "genocide" in Gaza,