This is The Guardian.

Today, the cost of speaking out, the human rights lawyer sanctioned by the US.

The cost of speaking out. My life was calm. I wouldn't say ordinary, because I don't know what ordinary is, but I was with my family. I had started lecturing in various... This is Francesca Albanese.

You might have heard of her.

You've probably seen her.

She's the Italian lawyer who, in May 22,

became UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

When I started this position, I was full of good intentions, which I still have,

but I was so naive. I really thought that member states didn't know enough, didn't understand

enough, or were animated by good intentions.

It is an unpaid job, and it's never been an easy one.

18 months into the role came October the 7th,

and Israel's war on Gaza.

And then my life has been completely turned upside down ever since.

Francesca's work is to monitor and compile evidence on human rights abuses.

She is called to be an independent expert to the United Nations and writes exhaustive reports using international law to assess what's happening in Occupy Palestine.

It's not work you expect would make a go viral on social media,

or to see it becomes sanctioned by the Trump administration.

The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, posted on X, saying,

I am posing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Reporters Francesca Albanese

for her illegitimate and shameful efforts

to prompt international criminal court action against US and Israeli officials, companies and

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