FILE - Alan Bates, former sub-postmaster and founder, Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, is photographed, in London, Feb. 27, 2024. Alan Bates is among more than 1,000 people, including artist Tracey Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon, recognized Friday June 14, 2024 on the King’s Birthday Honors list, released to mark the British monarch’s official birthday.
Browder successfully lobbied U.S. lawmakers to pass the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which allows for asset freezes and visa bans of human rights violators in Russia. Several other countries have adopted similar legislation. In the world of sports, there was a knighthood for cyclist Mark Cavendish; a CBE or Commander of the Order of the British Empire for former Scotland soccer star Graeme Souness; and an MBE — Member of the Order of the British Empire — for sprinter Anita Neil, the first Black woman to compete for Great Britain at an Olympic Games, in 1968.