David Hockney the Order of Merit, an honour restricted to 24 members at any one time for their contributions to the arts and sciences. He was a Distinguished Honoree of the National Arts Association, Los Angeles, in 1991 and received the First Annual Award of Achievement from the Archives of American Art, Los Angeles, in 1993. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust, New York in 1992 and was given a Foreign Honorary Membership to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1997. In 2003, Hockney was awarded the
Group 24 deputy to the head of Group 24 which was published through media.[6] Some Tajik activists have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their alleged association with Quvatov's group. In March 2015, three persons were jailed in Tajikistan for alleged association with the Group, receiving sentences ranging from 16.5 to 17.5 years. In April 2015, another two persons were sent into prison for 3.5 and 3 years for alleged organization of the Group's activities inside Tajikistan. Group 24 Group 24 is a Tajik opposition movement based predominantly abroad due to repressions inside Tajikistan. The movement was founded in Moscow in