The UN's unflinching expert on Palestinian affairs Francesca Albanese says that Washington's sanctions following her criticism of the White House's stance on Gaza are a "violation" of her immunity. The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories makes the comments while visiting Bogota, nearly a week after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions, calling her work "biased and malicious." "It's a very serious measure. It's unprecedented. And I take it very seriously," Albanese tells an audience in the Colombian capital. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES