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Fury mounts over ‘false’ claims against UN rapporteur

European governments condemned Albanese based on a distorted clip falsely claiming she called Israel 'the common enemy of humanity,' despite transcript verification, Amnesty International said.

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• Media reports confirm Francesca Albanese never called Israel ‘common enemy of humanity’• Amnesty chief brands European ministers’ refusal to retract ‘political cowardice’• French lawyers file criminal complaint against Barrot over false statements• Ruffalo, Bardem among over 100 celebrities rallying behind UN expert• OIC warns fabricated claims risk undermining credibility of UN Human Rights Council TOP European government officials who led a …

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, decided to file a lawsuit against the newspaper Corriere della Sera for defamation, after appearing on the front page openly labeled as an “increasingly pro-Hamas militant”, and that she was credited with a quote she never said about Israel being the “enemy of humanity,” reported the writer, poet and activist Soumaila Diawara, in a message in X.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar today called the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, an "anti-Semite," during the annual meeting of the Conference of Presidents, an umbrella organization of American Jewish groups, held in Jerusalem. "Last weekend, at least five European foreign ministers harshly criticized Albanese and called for her resignation," Sa'ar recalled. "Immediately, fro…

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