GENEVA: A UN human rights spokesperson said on ​Friday she was very worried about attacks on independent UN experts after European governments criticized Francesca Albanese ‌who is ‌mandated to ​report ‌on ⁠human rights ​violations in ⁠the occupied Palestinian territories.
“We are very worried. We are concerned that UN ⁠officials, independent experts and ‌judicial ‌officials, are ​increasingly subjected ‌to personal attacks, ‌threats and misinformation that distracts from the serious human rights issues,” ‌said UN human rights office spokesperson Marta Hurtado ⁠at ⁠a Geneva press briefing.
This follows criticism from Germany and other states this week over Albanese’s alleged criticism of Israel. She denies having made ​the ​remarks.