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website.The removal comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures ​after she criticized U.S. ally Israel’s war in ​Gaza. (Reporting by Christian Martinez in Los Angeles and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto)

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May 20 (Reuters) - The United States has removed Francesca ​Albanese, a U.N. expert on the ‌Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the U.S. Treasury Department website.The removal comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures ​after she criticized U.S. ally Israel’s war in ​Gaza. (Reporting by Christian Martinez in Los Angeles and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto)

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