Three International Criminal Court judges filed a lawsuit in Manhattan challenging sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, arguing the measures violated their due process rights and exceeded presidential authority. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, names judges Kimberly Prost of Canada, Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, and Reine Alapini-Gansou of Benin as plaintiffs.

The judges contend the sanctions were retaliation for ICC investigations into alleged crimes committed by Israeli leaders and US military personnel in Afghanistan and were designed to punish judicial decisions and coerce future rulings. They describe the measures as tantamount to a “financial death penalty,” citing frozen bank accounts, canceled credit cards, and restrictions on banking services, online platforms, and travel.

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    17 days ago

    The USA has embraced fascism, and we will now be stealing money from foreign judges who try to prevent atrocities against children. Again Israel and USA will assert their right to do whatever they want to anyone’s children.

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      17 days ago

      Then it might be time for the UN, created in the wake of the last fascist plague to ensure it never happened again, to do it’s damn job. Ideally through law and the cooperation of countries.

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        The UN is now rotten to the core, waiting to collapse. 4 out of 5 veto members of the UNSC are now authoritarian regimes.

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          16 days ago

          I think the principle is sound, if not the implementation. Veto should fuck all the way off though.

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          And when the UN was created. 4 out of the 5 permanant members was continuing colonial policies

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      In Texas, ICE protestors got sentenced 30-100 years in prison … meanwhile people have the right to ask asylum, and the right on a just procedure, thats a human right for all of us… So ICE is against human rights and it’s also against European law … Thats crazy bro