US lifts sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese

US lifts sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese The US Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, according to information published on the department’s website. The move comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions. The court found that the Trump administration had likely violated Albanese’s free speech rights by sanctioning her over criticism of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.