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Human rights activists have criticised an honorary knighthood given to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, who visited the UK earlier this week.

The Honorary Canadian Consul in Northern Ireland Ken Brundle also laid a wreath during the ceremony in Irvinestown.

Folt also cited “of special significance” her efforts to rectify the university’s checkered past on racial justice — offering honorary degrees to 33 Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II who were denied the chance to continue their USC studies, stripping the name of eugenicist Rufus von KleinSmid from a prominent building and renaming it after Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, a Native American leader, and honoring survivors of the Holocaust with a University Medallion.

“If She or He wants to become a Whitecaps fan, we’re going to give Him an honorary card of any group that He or She will enjoy.”

This year, Jones was set to receive an honorary Oscar from Academy’s Board of Governors for his contributions to the art of film.