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UN human rights investigator delivers Gaza report from South Africa because of US sanctions
Francesca Albanese condemned US and allies for facilitating alleged genocide and apartheid in Gaza and the West Bank in a report delivered remotely due to US sanctions.
- On Tuesday, Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine, presented her Gaza Genocide: a collective crime report to the United Nations General Assembly remotely from the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town because U.S. sanctions blocked her travel earlier this year.
- Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned Albanese for supporting antisemitism and terrorism, denying her a visa, while U.N. officials called the sanctions unacceptable and urged their reversal.
- The report documents that the 24-page analysis highlights U.S. diplomatic cover with seven Security Council vetoes, German arms exports, over 600 UK surveillance missions, and a $26.4bn U.S. defence package to Israel.
- Albanese urged United Nations member states to adopt a rights-based multilateralism with a permanent end to fighting and full Israeli withdrawal; Israel and the U.S. rejected the report, with Danny Danon calling it `shameful` and disparaging Albanese personally.
- The conflict, which began on October 7, 2023, has killed more than 67,000 and displaced 2.3 million people in Gaza, with ceasefire strains and strikes prolonging volatility.
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US sanctions are ‘revenge’ for exposing Israel’s Gaza abuses, says Francesca Albanese
United Nations: An independent UN investigator again took world nations to task Tuesday for not standing up to the US over sanctions it imposed on her — penalties that complicated her ability to deliver in person her latest assessment of Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories. Calling the sanctions “unlawful and spiteful,” Francesca Albanese told the General Assembly via video from South Africa that it “should already have co…
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