French foreign minister faces criminal complaint over misquoting Francesca Albanese

A French group of international lawyers has filed a criminal complaint against France's foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, for disseminating false information. The complaint alleges that Barrot misquoted Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on Palestine, to call for her resignation. The minister's comments were based on an MP's incorrect claim that Albanese had described Israel as the 'common enemy of humanity.' Albanese's actual remarks used the phrase 'common enemy' in the context of the political and military forces enabling the war on Gaza and undermining international law.