UN calls US plans to livestream execution 'abhorrent'
The United Nations on Friday called U.S. plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, "abhorrent" and said it could be a violation of prohibitions against torture. "These kinds of public executions we've seen in other countries, whether it's Iran or Afghanistan ... can constitute a form of cruel, inhuman, or degrading…
The United Nations has declared U.S. intentions to broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooter, to be abhorrent. Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for the UN, stated during a daily briefing in New York that such public executions, similar to those seen in countries like Iran and Afghanistan, could constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
He added that broadcasting the execution live could violate the prohibition against torture. The spokesman emphasized that a government executing someone in public, or in front of live cameras, is inherently abhorrent. Nidal Hasan, set to be the first person executed by a U.S. military firing squad since 1945, is scheduled for December 3 at the Fort Hood base where he killed 13 people in a medical facility in 2009.
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