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The United Nations has criticized the US plan to broadcast online the upcoming execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan, who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric described such livestreaming as “abhorrent” and potentially a violation of torture prohibitions. Scheduled for December 3, this would be the first US military public execution since 1945 and the first livestreamed one ever. While a survivor, Alonzo Lunsford, supports Hasan’s punishment, he opposes broadcasting it uncensored, noting his personal misgivings about the move despite its legality.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting where he killed 13 and wounded 32 soldiers while shouting "Allahu Akbar," will be executed by firing squad on December 3, at 2 p.m. EST at Fort Hood, Texas. Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced this decision after President Donald Trump approved it based on a recommendation from War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth stated that the execution would be public and livestreamed to demonstrate serious consequences for such acts. Retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, shot in the head during the attack, plans to attend the execution for closure. This will mark the first US military execution by firing squad since 1945.
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grounded in this article and the 60 other(s) covering the same event.
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The United Nations on Friday condemned US plans to livestream the execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base on November 5, 2009, calling the move “abhorrent” and warning that it could violate the prohibition against torture.
uncertain
it → condemn → 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 briefing at the UN headquarters in New York.
asserted
Dujarric → see → York
“Showing it live is tantamount ... to it being public, and could be a violation of the prohibition against torture,” he added.
uncertain
he → show → torture
“A government executing someone in public, or in front of live cameras, frankly, is abhorrent.”
asserted
government → execute → cameras
Hasan is scheduled to become the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
asserted
Hasan → schedule → 1945
The execution is set for December 3 at the sprawling Texas military base where he opened fire with a handgun inside a medical facility.
asserted
he → set → facility
Meanwhile, a former US Army sergeant who survived the shooting backed Hasan’s execution but expressed reservations about livestreaming it.
“The method is befitting because other methods like lethal injection would be doing him a favour,” Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times by Hasan, told the BBC.
asserted
who → survive → BBC
However, Lunsford opposed broadcasting the entire execution uncensored to the public, adding that he personally disagreed with the move, though he acknowledged that the decision went beyond his individual beliefs.
asserted
decision → oppose → beliefs
He also stated that he would be present at the execution.
asserted
he → state → execution
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth had announced that the public would be able to watch the execution via livestream, arguing that it was “important for people to see the consequences of this kind of crime.”
asserted
people → announce → crime
If carried out as planned, the execution would mark the first public execution in the United States in nearly a century.
asserted
execution → carry → century
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