3 hours agoSanctioned by the United States, former Special Court judge: Can't use credit cards anymore
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(4 months ago)A French judge, who headed a panel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) who issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017, said he was facing difficulties with basic daily transactions after being placed on a list of American sanctions, noting that almost all [...] systems were on the [...]
By Foreign media, telegraphed, Nicolas Gouyou, a former Special Court judge for Kosovo, has said he could no longer use his bank card, order from Amazon, reserve through Airbnub or conduct transactions at Expedia and Booking.com.
We're going back 30 years in time”, he told France TV. “It's like a time machine that turns us into a pre-digial world”.
A source in Elysee told the broadcaster that France was continuing to follow the issue through diplomacy and regretted the lack of a positive response from Washington.
Gouyoou said he believed he would remain on the list of sanctions for the duration of US President Donald Trump's second term.
“If prosecutors are afraid to prosecute, if lawyers are afraid to defend, if the judges are afraid to judge, if the parliamentarians are afraid to adopt laws and if the ministers are afraid to implement them, there is no longer democracy”, he said, noting that these people would act “strictly out of fear” of punishment.
On November 21st 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyah and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed at the Gaza Strip from at least October 8th 2023 to May 2024.
Despite the October 2025 ceasefire, Israel has continued its daily attacks, killing at least 677 Palestinians and wounding another 1,813 since then, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
