US Quits Rights Body, Nikki Haley Wrongly Blames Rights Groups

Expand U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks in the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017. © 2017 Reuters The following is Human Rights Watch’s response to the letter, attributable to Executive Director Kenneth Roth: “Instead of scapegoating human rights organizations, the Trump administration should reflect on its own misguided strategy. That approach of blaming others for its own failures is what abusive leaders around the world routinely do. As the Trump administration mistreats immigrants at its southern border, it seems…

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