United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has criticized what she called the "obscene" decision by the United States to sanction her over her criticism of Israel's "genocide" in the Gaza Strip, saying the tactics reminded her of "mafia" intimidation techniques.

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territory.

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.

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 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,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced Washington was sanctioning the United Nations special expert on the Palestinian territories, following her criticism of Washington policy on Gaza.