UN condemns US plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution
The United Nations called plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution “abhorrent” and warned they could violate the prohibition against torture.
New York, United States. The United Nations on Friday condemned US plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, calling them “abhorrent.” It warned that broadcasting the execution could violate the prohibition against torture.
UN warns against public execution
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a daily briefing in New York that public executions, such as those seen in Iran or Afghanistan, could constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
“Showing it live is tantamount … to it being public, and could be a violation of the prohibition against torture,” he said. “A government executing someone in public, or in front of live cameras, frankly, is abhorrent.”
Execution scheduled for December 3
Hasan is set to become the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
The execution is scheduled for December 3 at the same sprawling Texas military base where he opened fire with a handgun in a medical facility in 2009.
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