UK Prime Minister released a statement concerning the treatment of mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, who following WWII was convicted of a homosexual relationship and forced to choose between prison and chemical castration. Turing committed suicide two years later. In recent months, a public petition called upon the government to apologize for the way Turing…
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Thousands call for Turing apology
Thousands of people have signed a Downing Street petition calling for a posthumous government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing. Writer Ian McEwan has just backed the campaign, which already has the support of scientist Richard Dawkins. In 1952 Turing was prosecuted for gross indecency after admitting a sexual relationship with a…