Bahrain activists criticise UK over King Hamad's honorary knighthood
King Hamad received a Royal Salute from a Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle on Monday/ 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. In a letter to Buckingham Palace, three Bahraini activists now living in exile called on King Charles to rescind the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, describing the award as a “betrayal". They cited what they called the “arbitrary imprisonment, brutal torture, unfair trials, and arbitrary ...
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