US lifts sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese after court order

Key points

• The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a U.N.
• expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the U.S.
• Treasury Department website.
• The removal comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures after she criticized U.S.
• ally Israel’s war in Gaza.