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US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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 32 points 3 weeks ago

The US is a state sponsor of terrorism.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

[-] Amani@lemmy.today 6 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

Keep up the great work Francesca!!

[-] match@pawb.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] match@pawb.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago

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

[-] join@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago

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

[-] match@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks 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.