UN says live-streaming Nidal Hassan's execution would breach torture ban
The US Defense Department plans to live-stream the execution of Nidal Hassan, who killed 13 unarmed soldiers in a 2009 attack.
The US Defense Department plans to live-stream the federal execution of Nidal Hassan. Hassan killed 13 unarmed soldiers in a 2009 attack.
The UN human rights office says live-streaming would amount to a public execution. The UN office says live-streaming would breach the absolute ban on torture.
Amnesty International says making the killing a public show only adds to its cruelty. Politicians Barnaby Joyce (One Nation) and Sarah Hanson-Young (The Greens) both condemn the plan, on human dignity grounds.
- 13 unarmed soldiers
- Victims killed
- Live-streamed federal execution
- Planned broadcast
- Would breach absolute ban on torture
- UN position
- 2009
- Attack year
Why it mattersIt raises a hard question: when a government carries out a death, should the public be able to watch?
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect yet, as the planned execution is in the United States.
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