US court suspends sanctions on UN Palestine expert

WASHINGTON: A US jud­­ge has imposed a temporary injunction on sanctions imp­osed last year by Washington on a United Nations expert on the occupied Palestinian territories. UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Fran­ce­sca Albanese was sanctioned in July 2025 after she publicly criticised Washington’s policy on Gaza. In announcing the sanctions, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed the UN expert’s criticism of the United States and said she re­­commended to the Inter­nat­ional Crim...

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