Gay soldiers receive billion-dollar compensation

One billion in compensation to four soldiers – three men and a woman – expelled from the British army between 1993 and 1995 for homosexuality.
In September 1999, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg initially ruled that London had violated Article 8 of the Treaty on the Protection of Private Life. On July 25, the same court awarded billions in damages to the four homosexuals for moral and material damages and legal costs.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense expressed satisfaction with the sentence, which is less severe than the ministry had expected, but British authorities will consider appealing. Meanwhile, 85 other gay soldiers expelled from the British Army have expressed their intention to sue the British Army.