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Trump sanctions on ICC violate free speech, says lawsuit
A lawsuit by two US-based advocacy groups argues the Trump administration is stifling freedom of speech through penalties it imposed last year against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Palestinian human rights groups.
The groups are challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that placed sanctions on ICC judges, prosecutors and groups that are seeking a ruling against Israel over claims of human rights violations.
Washington has said the order would punish ICC judges and Palestinian non-governmental organisations who had called for the court to investigate allegations that Israel has committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank - which Israel denies.
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