Francesca Albanese Slams US Sanctions
as Retaliation for Exposing Gaza War Crimes
Al Jazeera English

(July 9, 2025) — UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned US sanctions against her as “obscene” retaliation for exposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza, telling Al Jazeera the move aimed to silence justice efforts.

She linked the sanctions to her report naming companies like Google profiting from Gaza’s destruction, insisting: “I want Google to stop supporting a government that killed 60,000 people.”