Hegesth plan to publicly livestream Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN condemnation

The US Department of Defense plans to publicly livestream the December 3rd execution of former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 soldiers and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009. This decision has drawn widespread condemnation from various quarters, including the UN, Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The UN's human rights office has called the livestreaming of the execution "tantamount to a public execution" and a breach of the absolute prohibition of torture. The Pentagon has stated that the Trump administration has approved the recommendation, but the final decision on the broadcast has not been made. The last public US execution took place in 1936, and this would be the first execution of a soldier by the US Army since World War II.

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