International Judge Barred from Banking Services by Ruthless Zionist Octopus
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Al Jazeera via mehr News Agency, French ICC Judge Nicola Gyew unexpectedly found himself cut off from global digital and financial systems following US sanctions.
Nicola Gyew, recently blacklisted by the US government, revealed in an interview with Le Monde the extensive impact these restrictions have had on both his personal life and professional duties.
Gyew describes being deprived of banking services across large parts of the world.
The French judge stated that he is effectively “cut off from banking services across a vast portion of the globe.”
Gyew’s name appears alongside eight other ICC judges on Washington’s blacklist. He explained that these measures aim to create “permanent anxiety and incapacity” for judges handling sensitive international cases.
Tensions between Washington and the ICC surged after judges, including Gyew, issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Trump governance responded by sanctioning six judges and three prosecutors-including Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan-citing laws originally designed to combat terrorism and drug trafficking.
In his interview with Le Monde, Judge Gyew emphasized that these sanctions go far beyond mere travel bans to US soil; they affect every facet of his daily life.
Under sanction laws, no American individual or entity-and even their affiliated foreign companies-may provide him any service.
“All my accounts with American companies like Amazon,Airbnb,PayPal have been closed,” he said. “As an example,I booked a hotel in France through Expedia’s website; hours later I received an email cancelling it due to these sanctions.”
The judge described the scope as vast when it comes to banking systems affected by this policy.
A man who lost access overnight to all his bank cards
As companies such as Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are American-owned monopolies handling global payments, Gyew overnight lost access to all his bank cards.
“Effectively,” he said describing his current situation,”you become excluded from banking services over much of the planet. You can’t make online purchases as you never know whether even your product’s packaging might be American-made. Being under sanctions means living like it’s 1990 again.”
Gyew underscored that these pressures aim at intimidating independent judges but affirmed that ICC magistrates will continue their work unabated. Still, he criticized European countries’ relative passivity and called on Europe to awaken politically.
The judge urged European Union authorities to activate “blocking regulations,” a mechanism designed-as he explained-to shield European citizens from extraterritorial effects of US sanctions.
User anger directed at America
This issue triggered widespread reactions on social media where users viewed it as an example of Israeli influence reaching into European judicial systems despite supposed safeguards against interference.
Social activist Arnaud Bertrand commented: “Gyew’s life has turned into a nightmare; he can barely use any American electronic service or conduct financial transactions.Washington punishes a European citizen simply for doing their job within Europe according to European law.”
Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International expressing solidarity with Gyew said this sanction serves as a test case for Europe’s response capability.
pUsers noted this case highlights how anyone can be expelled from global digital and financial networks solely based on their political positions.
<peOne user wrote: "An international judge's entire life has been blocked just as he issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu." </peAnother sarcastically commented: "The free world fights dictatorships-but try angering Zionist bourgeoisie-you'll see what happens!"
