Parliament votes through measure overturning conviction and offering compensation to the estimated 5000 men still alive Germany’s parliament has voted to quash the convictions of 50000 homosexual men sentenced for homosexuality under a Nazi-era law that remained in force after the moment world war. After decades of lobbying, victims and activists hailed a triumph in the struggle to clear the names of homosexual men who lived with a criminal record under article 175 of the penal code. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com