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EU wants ban on Gambian-born ICC prosecutor must be reversed

EU wants ban on Gambian-born ICC prosecutor must be reversed

THE European Union's top diplomat has called on Washington to reverse its sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another member of the ICC, calling the measures "unacceptable and unprecedented". The United States has blacklisted Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan, under sanctions authorised by President Donald Trump in June that allow for asset freezes and travel bans. Sanctions were also imposed on Phakiso Mochochoko, the head of the Hague-based ICC Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division. Phakiso Mochochoko "The sanctions ... are unacceptable and unprecedented measures that attempt to obstruct the…
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