US EditionEuropean States Must Retract Outrageous Attacks on Francesca Albanese
Amnesty International condemns European ministers for spreading disinformation against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and demands retractions and investigations into the misleading video.
- On Friday, Amnesty International urged European ministers to withdraw calls for Francesca Albanese to resign, saying ministers from Austria, Czechia, France, Germany and Italy attacked her based on a truncated video.
- An edited clip from the Doha address on 7 February prompted European ministers, including Jean-Noël Barrot on February 11, to call for Francesca Albanese's resignation.
- Examining the full video of the Doha address shows Albanese said the 'system which has enabled the genocide in Palestine,' while a shortened clip removed context and was misconstrued by critics as targeting Israel.
- Amnesty demanded public apologies and investigations, saying ministers must retract calls for Albanese's resignation and address disinformation rather than just deleting social posts.
- Beyond the immediate row, Amnesty said the episode highlights a smokescreen meant to divert attention from alleged genocide, apartheid, and unlawful occupation, amid ICJ orders and over 72,000 Palestinian victims since October 2023.
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The UN Human Rights Office, Amnesty International, French jurists and MPs, artists and international writers defend Francesca Albanese against attacks by several European governments
‘Speaking truth is her crime’: Netizens rip into European allies of Israel for targeting Albanese
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has received widespread support on social media, following calls for her resignation by European governments such as France and Germany.
European states urged to withdraw statements against Francesca Albanese
Amnesty International on Friday called on European lawmakers to withdraw their call for Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, to resign. Amnesty’s statement comes following the February 11 announcement by the French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, that France will call for Albanese’s immediate resignation at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council s…
European states must retract outrageous attacks on Francesca Albanese
Reacting to calls by ministers and officials in France and Czechia for Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, to resign, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “It is reprehensible that ministers in Austria, Czechia, France, Germany and Italy have attacked the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Al…
UN on Francesca Albanese: “We don't agree with much of what she says”
In a rare moment of candor at yesterday’s UN Daily Press Briefing, the world body distanced itself from its own Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese. Responding to questions about her inflammatory rhetoric, the spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated plainly: “We don’t agree with much of what she says.” This admission comes on the heels of sharp rebukes from key European allies. Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Austria, …
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