GENEVA — In a speech Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) threatening that the US might withdraw from the body if reforms aren’t made to “re-establish the Council’s legitimacy.” “If the Human Rights Council is going to be an organization we entrust to protect and…
Early today, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted 94-20 to remove the Confederate battle flag, giving final approval to a bill that passed the state Senate earlier in the week. The vote count was more than the two-thirds needed — but it came after a handful of lawmakers mounted a tenacious last stand, proposing…
In a press conference today, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, saying the killings of nine church-goers at Emanuel AME in Charleston last week mandated a change in the state’s heart. The Post and Courier reported that in a bi-partisan gathering inside the…
