{"id":83864,"date":"2025-07-10T07:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83864"},"modified":"2025-07-10T07:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:24:30","slug":"the-world-is-in-need-of-courageous-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/10\/the-world-is-in-need-of-courageous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The world is in need of courageous people"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the BBC has reported<\/a> overnight:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Rubio said the US was sanctioning 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.<\/p>\n

The sanctions are likely to prevent Albanese from travelling to the US and would block any assets she has in the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I linked Albanese's report<\/a> on the economics of genocide in Gaza yesterday.<\/p>\n

Now the Trump regime has made clear where it stands. It stands for:<\/p>\n