UN calls US plans to livestream execution ‘abhorrent’

Add ARY News on GoogleFollow on Google DiscoverImage: ReutersAAResizeThe United Nations on Friday called US 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 treatment, or punishment,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a daily ​UN briefing in New York.

“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.”

⁠Hasan is set to become the first person to be executed ​by US military firing squad ​since ⁠1945. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at the same sprawling Texas base ⁠where ​Hasan opened fire with ​a handgun in a medical facility.

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