Donald Trump’s administration is sanctioning UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, a vocal critic of Israel’s war on Gaza.Announcing the decision, Marco Rubio accused the UN expert of leading a “campaign of political and economic warfare” against the US and Israel,

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, condemned the Trump administration for imposing sanctions against her. She went on to describe the move as a ‘sign of guilt’.

Francesca Albanese, a UN Gaza investigator, was sanctioned by the US under Trump. She is an Italian lawyer with no relation to Australian PM Anthony Albanese.

United Nations expert Francesca Albanese has slammed the decision by the United States to sanction her as “obscene”, saying she is being targeted for calling out Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Thursday,

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,

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur critical of Israel's actions in Gaza. The sanctions sparked backlash, with rights groups urging governments to protect the independence of UN officials.