The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals. According to the U.S. Treasury Department website, the removal was announced on Wednesday.
The action comes after a federal judge ordered the suspension of the sanctions following an appeal lodged by Albanese's relatives. The judge temporarily blocked the measures, finding that the Trump administration likely violated Albanese's free-speech rights by imposing sanctions after she criticized Israel's war in Gaza.
The sanctions blacklist had effectively cut Albanese, who is critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians, off from global banking and credit card services. She is among several people sanctioned by the U.S. for advocacy against Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.