# Top Trump figures push to steer human rights funding to rightwing causes

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-department-human-rights-fund

> The Trump administration is seeking to direct more than $175m from the State Department’s flagship human rights fund toward projects including a $40m anti-communist grant, support for white Afrikaner rights in South Africa and campaigns against Brazil’s supreme court. Critics say 43 awards worth $176.9m would bolster rightwing causes and redefine what qualifies as human rights.