Albanese says sanctions were retribution for her naming of US companies

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The UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has denounced the sanctions issued against her by US President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that the US tech giants named in her recent report had “gone whining” to the government, Al Jazeera reports.

“They’ve never challenged me on the facts. I’ve given these companies the opportunity to correct me. Instead, they’ve gone whining to the US administration to treat me as they are,” she told reporters during a visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia. “This speaks to who they are, and I will continue to do what I have to do.

“I am the first UN person to be imposed a sanction for what? For having exposed the genocide? For having denounced the system?” she asked.

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