US removes UN expert Albanese from sanctions list
The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the US Treasury Department website.
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- Published Date: 01:09 | 21 May 2026
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The US has removed UN Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Human Rights Francesca Albanese from its Specially Designated Nationals list, according to the US Treasury Department's website Wednesday.
The move comes after a federal judge last week blocked the Trump administration's sanctions against Albanese, ruling they violated her First Amendment rights.
Albanese, an Italian citizen living in Tunisia, was sanctioned after she encouraged the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands to pursue war crimes prosecutions against Israeli officials over their actions in Gaza.
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