The United States has reimposed sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese following a court ruling that allowed the measures to move forward again. Albanese had become a target of criticism from Washington and the zionist regime due to her outspoken positions on human rights violations in occupied Palestinian territories and Gaza.

The US Treasury Department announced that Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, has been returned to the sanctions list after an appeals court suspended an earlier temporary block on the measures.

According to a statement published by the Treasury Department, the decision came after a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily lifted a lower court ruling that had prevented the sanctions from being enforced.

Washington had previously suspended the sanctions temporarily. However, the appeals court decision paved the way for the restrictions to be reinstated.

Federal Judge Richard Leon had earlier ruled that the sanctions potentially violated Albanese’s freedom of expression, noting that the measures appeared linked to her criticism of the zionist regime’s military campaign in Gaza.

The US administration first imposed sanctions on Albanese in July 2025. The measures included restrictions on entering the United States and limitations on conducting financial transactions linked to the country.

Albanese’s husband and her daughter, who holds US citizenship, also filed legal action against the administration, arguing that the sanctions had made daily life increasingly difficult.

Italian legal scholar Francesca Albanese has repeatedly accused the zionist regime of committing genocide in Gaza since assuming her UN mandate in 2022. She has also called on the International Criminal Court to investigate both zionist regime officials and American officials over alleged war crimes.

The renewed sanctions decision comes amid continuing international debate over accountability, freedom of expression and growing scrutiny of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. (ILKHA)