Report: Trump Administration Redirects Human Rights Fund Grants Toward Rightwing Causes
The Guardian reports that more than $175 million from the State Department's human rights fund is being directed to a slate of awards including anti-communism and Afrikaner rights initiatives.
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The Trump administration is directing more than $175 million from the State Department's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) to a slate of grants that includes a $40 million anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil's Supreme Court, and programs described as protecting "western civilisational norms" in Europe, according to a report by The Guardian.
The Guardian said it reviewed a sample of the grants, which make up 43 awards totaling a combined $176.9 million — the bulk of the $205 million that Congress had appropriated for the entire fund.
The report said the funding decisions were finalized as the appropriated money neared expiration, and that critics argue the awards will bolster rightwing and conservative causes internationally while risking friction with US allies over interference in their domestic politics.
Sources
- Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes — The Guardian — World
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