U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who faces U.S. sanctions and increased pressure over her outspoken criticism of Israeli actions in Palestine, vowed to continue speaking out against Israeli genocide in Gaza, declaring, "You cannot silence the truth."
In an interview with Türkiye's Anadolu Agency (AA) in London, she said the pressure on her has grown "more and more intense," adding that she has faced "spurious accusations of antisemitism, spurious accusations of supporting terrorism."
The 48-year-old Italian legal scholar and expert on human rights said those false accusations found fertile ground in the "hypocrisy of many Western countries and Western people."
"They have become more and more vicious with personal threats and physical threats, and then the sanctions are a combination of it," she said.
But she said this "does not silence me, because you cannot silence the truth in the face of a genocide."
