The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday.

The United States has announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a senior United Nations Human Rights Council official, for her vocal criticism of Israel's military actions in Gaza. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the sanctions targeted Albanese for what he called her "illegitimate and shameful efforts" to prompt investigations by the International Criminal Court into U.

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

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

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories in Geneva, will be sanctioned by the United States. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the decision

The State Department confirmed sanctions were imposed on UN official Francesca Albanese over efforts targeting U.S. and Israeli officials through the ICC.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Albanese’s 'campaign of political and economic warfare' against US, Israel 'will no longer be tolerated' - Anadolu Ajansı