Trump’s sanctions against a UN human rights expert show free speech is dying |

Francesca Albanese recommended ICC arrests and investigations over Gaza. Who will be the administration’s next target? We are North American university professors and human rights lawyers who teach, write, and speak about the human rights of people around the world, including Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. In a country that purports to value democracy and human rights, we never imagined that we could face civil penalties or imprisonment for our work. That sense of sec...

By Sandra L Babcock, Susan M Akram, Asli Bali, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro