US Sanctions ICC Chief, Vows Wider Crackdown
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Washington could impose further measures and called on other countries to withdraw support for the courtreports Asian Lite News Desk The United States has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, escalating the Trump administrations campaign against the tribunal and warning that further measures could follow. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Akane, a Japanese national, and Seye, from Senegal, were designated under an executive order authorising sanctions against the ICC. Rubio accused both officials of involvement in ICC investigations and prosecutions targeting officials