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'Alan Turing law': Thousands of gay men to be pardoned (bbc.com)
3 points by bootload on Oct 22, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



"In 2013, the posthumous royal pardoning of Turing led to calls for wider pardons, and the launch of a petition in 2015."

In 2009 fellow HN @JGC organised the partition for Turing. [0] The wider partition has its roots in this effort resulting in the UK PM tweeting his recognition, later pardoning Turing. The original partition is gone but you see the tweet here [1] and read the call to action by John. [2]

[0] http://www.jgc.org/blog/2009/06/alan-turing-deserves-apology...

[1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/3909148598/

[2] "Alan Turing deserves an apology from the British Government" http://blog.jgc.org/2009/06/alan-turing-deserves-apology-fro...




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