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US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List
US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List
Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
The notice said Albanese, listed as Francesca Paola Albanese,...
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