Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian territories, has spoken of the “profound” and “personal” effects of US-imposed sanctions on her and her family, and described Israel’s military campaign and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a “failure of the law”.
The firebrand lawyer has been one of the most vocal critics of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories and the military campaign in Gaza. But she has also made enemies with her rhetoric and was sanctioned by the US in July for “lawfare that targets US and Israeli persons”.
They're trying and failing to sanction the truth, to silence the truth Francesca Albanese
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