Francesca Albanese

Can Israel flatten the UNRWA headquarters with impunity?

UN experts demand Israel release activists Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila detained on April 30.

UN's Francesca Albanese receives top civilian honour in Spain for condemning Gaza war

Francesca Albanese receives Spain's Order of Civil Merit from President Pedro Sánchez.

Spain's Prime Minister urges the EU to shield ICC officials and a UN rapporteur from US sanctions.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese denounced "necrocapitalism" enabling Israel's genocide against Palestinians, calling for global arms embargoes and Western commercial suspension with Israel, arguing the system involves complicit state and private actors worldwide.

An Israeli tribunal extended the detention of two activists seized on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Flotilla activists land in Greece as Israel accused of 'piracy'

Decenas de palestinos mueren tras inhalar gas lacrimógeno israelí en Cisjordania.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese reported that NGO Courage International is defending her against US sanctions imposed in July 2025, which froze her European bank accounts after she documented Israeli occupation facilitators in Palestinian territories.

Israeli colonizers killed two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old student, in a shooting attack at a West Bank school.

India violates international law by associating with Israel, according to UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned the Israeli army as depraved and protested arrests of Palestinian activists in London, arguing genocide protesters face terrorism charges while alleged perpetrators remain free, amid British lawmakers demanding sanctions for West Bank land annexation.

UN experts urged member states to halt arms transfers to Israel, citing violations of international law and humanitarian rights, while Italy suspended defense agreements and activists mobilized globally against alleged Palestinian death penalties and military operations in Gaza and Lebanon.

UN experts condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza shelters and forced West Bank displacement.

A February 2026 report by Francesca Albanese documents 18,500 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including children and professionals, with over 4,000 disappeared, systematized torture, discriminatory death penalty laws, and coordinated settler violence displacing Palestinians from occupied territories.

A U.N. investigator for Palestine territories faces repercussions after accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza. She is now in Washington’s crosshairs. A specific date for resolution is not provided.

Israel expels two activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, citizens of Spain and Brazil, after detention.

University of Michigan president attacks Faculty Senate chair for opposing Israel’s war on Gaza

Spain summons Israeli envoy over detention of flotilla activist

Francesca Albanese denounces ongoing Gaza violence and impunity.

Al-Haq's General Director wins appeal against French Ministry of Interior's visa denial.

Francesca Albanese writes a memoir about bearing witness to war in Palestine.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned European nations against adopting Israeli security policies, citing ongoing genocide allegations and Europe's continued military-trade ties despite legal obligations to withdraw support from Israel's occupation.

Israel uses water deprivation as collective punishment in Gaza, says MSF.

Francesca Albanese discusses Gaza genocide, Israeli jail torture, and global law crisis.

War conditions in Gaza increase congenital anomalies in newborns, reports Al Jazeera, citing local doctors and officials.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused India of violating international law by maintaining defence ties and arms exports to Israel during Gaza conflict, arguing countries enabling alleged violations face legal and moral responsibility under international frameworks.

Albanese slams Israeli army as ‘depraved’ after abuse of child

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, demanding justice over Israel’s Gaza war

Kuwait detains American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin for sharing Iran war video.

The EU criticizes US visa bans while failing to counter similar US sanctions against the ICC.

Palestinians in the reoccupied West Bank held a general strike to protest Israel's law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners. The UN special rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, called the law a 'shame'.

Australian leader Albanese faced protests in Berlin. Protests were related to Middle East issues.

‘Stop bankrolling genocide’: Palestine activists target Barclays

Spain summons Israeli envoy over 'intolerable' detention of Gaza flotilla activist

Can Israel survive without the US?

Spanish President Pedro Sánchez awarded the Order of Civil Merit to UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for documenting Gaza violations, while Spain seeks EU support to shield her from US sanctions targeting ICC officials investigating human rights crimes.

North Korea removes reunification reference with South Korea from its constitution, marking a shift in inter-Korean relations.

Francesca Albanese condemns the massacre of children in Gaza as inhumanity.

Middle East: Houthis claim deadly Red Sea attack on ship

Francesca Albanese says international law is being bent to shield Israel from accountability for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expert

Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia pressed the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel over West Bank settlements and Gaza's humanitarian crisis, but the bloc remained divided, with Germany and Italy opposing suspension while France and Sweden proposed limiting commerce with settlements only.

Cuba and Palestine face oppression, sparking calls for solidarity and justice.

Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill four Palestinians

Israel blocks prosthetics for 5,000 Palestinian amputees due to restrictions on materials.

The Coalition faced condemnation for hardline immigration policies critics likened to Trump's approach, while Qantas raised fares amid shifting travel patterns from Middle East instability.

Albanese urges punishment for Netanyahu's government war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine.

UN expert Francesca Albanese was confronted by pro-Israeli protesters in Germany. Protesters accused her of supporting Hamas. A specific incident occurred during her visit.