British Government apologises to Alan TuringFollowing a high-profile public campaign, British PM Gordon Brown has apologised posthumously for Britain’s treatment of WWII master code-breaker Alan Turing, who was prosecuted for being a homosexual in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration.
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Brits call for government apology to Alan Turing
Alan Turing, a master code-breaker in WWII and the father of modern computer science, was also prosecuted for being gay, and was subsequently chemically castrated. Thousands of Brits are now petitioning the British government to offer him a posthumous apology.
