The U.S. sanctions ICC President Tomoko Akane and officials, citing politicization, prompting international backlash and concerns over justice.

The U.S. sanctions ICC President Tomoko Akane and officials, citing politicization, prompting international backlash and concerns over justice.

The ICC condemned the move, saying in a statement that the measures undermine the rule of law. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US has sanctioned ICC President Tomoko Akane and prosecutor Abdoulaye Seghé, escalating Washington’s confrontation with the court.

The US has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced US sanctions on the president and a senior trial lawyer of the International Criminal Court, preventing the two officials from entering the US and using the US financial system.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced US sanctions on the president and a senior trial lawyer of the International Criminal Court, preventing the two officials from entering the US and using the US financial system.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced US sanctions on the president and a senior trial lawyer of the International Criminal Court, preventing the two officials from entering the US and using the US financial system.

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The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court and one of its top prosecutors as it continues a campaign to dismantle the tribunal, which it accuse

The United States has imposed sanctions against two more employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The Trump Administration sanctioned the court’s president, Japanese judge Tomoko Akane, and a member of the court’s team of prosecutors, Abdoulaye Seye from Senegal. The sanctions mean that Akane and Seye can no longer access any U.S. bank accounts they may have. They can also no longer use the American financial system, which almost all internationally operating banks use.