US Treasury lifts sanctions against UN rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese

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The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions against UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese on Wednesday, a week after a federal judge found the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rights. The sanctions, imposed in July 2025 over her criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza and recommendations for ICC action, had barred her from entering or banking in the US.

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Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/21/2026 - 10:23 The move was confirmed after a federal judge found the restrictions likely violated Albanese's free speech rights Francesca Albanese at a news conference in Geneva on the human rights situation in Gaza, on 15 September 2025 (AFP) Off The US has lifted sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after a federal judge found that the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rig

US Treasury lifts sanctions against UN rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese

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