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US Court Suspends Sanctions Targeting Francesca Albanese

May 14, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
A US federal court in Washington, DC, temporarily suspended “terrorist-grade sanctions” imposed on UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese on 13 May, after her family filed a court challenge to the punitive measures. “Albanese is a scholar and author who has published widely on human rights issues, including on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the memorandum read. The court filing was brought by Albanese’s husband and daughter, who are seeking to overturn the sanctions imposed after the UN special rapporteur urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue war crimes cases against Israeli and US nationals over their central role in the genocide in Gaza.

Francesca Albanese Is A Powerful Voice For Justice

February 24, 2026 Michael Lynk, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
Mark Twain and Winston Churchill are both purported to have once said that a lie can travel half-way around the world before truth has had a chance to put its pants on.  On February 7, Francesca Albanese, the current UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestine, gave a short presentation by video conference to a media forum in Doha, Qatar, organized by the Al Jazeera network. She was part of a panel, which included Fatou Bensouda, the former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, speaking about the role of international law in addressing serious human rights violations. 

The Increasing Attacks On Francesca Albanese Presage A New Dark Age

February 17, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , , , , , ,
The vicious and sustained campaign mounted against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, by Israel and the U.S. now includes the German, Italian, French, Austrian and Czech foreign ministers demanding her resignation. This campaign is part of an effort by industrial nations to at once sustain the genocide in Gaza — nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the sham ceasefire took effect — and silence all those who demand the international community abide by the rule of law.

Washington Imposes ‘Terrorist-Grade Sanctions’ On Francesca Albanese, Judges

February 7, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
White House officials have used “terrorist-grade sanctions” to target officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, freezing assets and disrupting war crimes investigations, Reuters reported on 6 February. According to interviews the news agency conducted with U.S. and UN officials and sanctioned individuals, Washington is seeking to penalize the ICC over investigations into US and Israeli war crimes. The effort to target the UN and ICC came in response to requests from at least two US tech companies involved in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Francesca Albanese Names Over 60 States Complicit In Gaza Genocide

October 30, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , , , ,
The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, told the General Assembly on 28 October that 63 countries, including key western and Arab states, have fueled or were complicit in “Israel’s genocidal machinery” in Gaza. Speaking remotely from the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, Albanese presented her 24-page report, ‘Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime,’ which she said documents how states armed, financed, and politically protected Tel Aviv as Gaza’s population was “bombed, starved, and erased” for over two years. Her findings place the US at the center of Israel’s war economy, accounting for two-thirds of its weapons imports and providing diplomatic cover through seven UN Security Council vetoes.

Ex-UN Special Rapporteur: Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize

July 15, 2025 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. , , , ,
The day after Donald Trump welcomed indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for the third time in less than six months, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine Francesca Albanese for her clear-eyed critiques of Israel’s genocide. In a July 9 press statement, Rubio charged that Albanese “has directly engaged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without the consent of those two countries.”

The Persecution Of Francesca Albanese

July 10, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , , ,
When the history of the genocide in Gaza is written, one of the most courageous and outspoken champions for justice and the adherence to international law will be Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, who today the Trump administration is sanctioning. Her office is tasked with monitoring and reporting on human rights violations that Israel commits against Palestinians. Albanese, who regularly receives death threats and endures well-orchestrated smear campaigns directed by Israel and its allies, valiantly seeks to hold those who support and sustain the genocide accountable. She lambasts what she calls “the moral and political corruption of the world” that allows the genocide to continue.

Berlin Police Again Try To Shut Down Meeting On Palestine

February 20, 2025 Joe Lauria, Consortium News. , , ,
After police and politicians in Germany tried to cancel a meeting Tuesday in Berlin featuring Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories, organizers were forced to move the event to a smaller venue in defiance of the pressure to shut it down. Last year the police in Berlin broke up a Palestine meeting and barred speakers from entering the country. This time, the organizers, DiEM25, said in a statement on its website: “In a deeply concerning escalation, the organisers of ‘Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice, and Truth’ – an event featuring UN Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese – are facing ruthless attacks on their fundamental rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and expression.
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