U.S. revokes grants for dozens of countries, including Uzbekistan

Among the revoked grants was $2.5 million intended to promote “civic engagement” in Uzbekistan.

Other canceled grants include:

• $5.2 million for a “counter-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom,
• $2 million for Moldova,
• $1 million to “advance the rights of freelance workers” in Brazil,
• $2.4 million to “combat disinformation with creative content” in Belarus,
• $1.7 million for “independent media for peace and democracy” in Europe.

Additionally, grants were withdrawn from the following projects:

• $1.5 million for a project on “gender-sensitive justice and accountability led by women,”
• $1.7 million for Bulgaria,
• $900,000 for a women’s organizing initiative in Mauritania,
• $750,000 to “create a migrant domestic workers’ movement” in Lebanon,
• $740,000 for a feminist “freedom of expression initiative” in Tunisia.

Previously, the U.S. had also frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University.

According to a press release published by the U.S. Department of Education on April 14, the federal government has frozen more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University.

The university had earlier indicated that it would not comply with the Trump administration’s requirements regarding on-campus activism.