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The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), some of whose judges have already been sanctioned by the US.

Rubio said the US was sanctioning Ms Albanese for directly engaging with the ICC in its efforts to prosecute American or Israeli nationals, accusing her of being unfit for service as a UN Special Rapporteur.

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[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The US is a state sponsor of terrorism.

[–] Amani@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago

More like the US is a terrorist state itself and Israel one of it's armed vassal states

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The US is THE state sponsor of terrorism.

Not saying other countries have never done it, but the US has done it more than everyone else combined and pioneered many of the now "standard" tactics.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

Keep up the great work Francesca!!

[–] match@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

where are y'all thinking for the next Nuremberg trials btw

[–] join@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Nuremberg trials took place in the context of the winner prosecuting the loser. So long as the current US elite (reps and dems) are in power this is never gonna happen. Only if the US decisively loses a war (very unlikely) or some type of revolution takes place (also unlikely but possible), will such trials be possible.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago

Unlikely, you say? Good thing Trump hollowed it out.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

i wonder if something like this would ever happen given that the united states is practically un-invadeable compared to germany with the 2 biggest oceans on opposite sides that include an american dominated navy along with 2 buffer states to the north and south that are economically and politically dominated by the united states.

were germany in the same geographic spot and had the same economic and military dominance; the 3rd reich would still be a thing.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago

yeah!! so again i was thinking Indianapolis, they have a cool statue downtown and also john green lives there

[–] match@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i think it should be kind of a big city but not one known for anything already, so maybe Indianapolis

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

We're deffo doing South Africa for this one. Maybe they can bring necklacing back.

[–] gitgud@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago
[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You ain't done nothing if you ain't been sanctioned

That being said, fight on, gal!

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

i hope she does; she's so well spoken and accomplished.

i also hope that she's rich and well connected enough so that she can continue her work and afford a decent living.

[–] Aristotelis@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course they do. The US is governed by Israelis.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 18 hours ago

More like Israel is governed by americans.

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, she is also going to be touring South Africa in September

Slava UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese 🇺🇳

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

eval "$evil"

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

ummmm, you're albanese :nick-mullen: