Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Sharon Lerner July 17, 2026, 5:45 pm

Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Sharon Lerner July 17, 2026, 5:45 pm https://www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries.