# UN calls US plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution ‘abhorrent’

https://mins.news/en/item/93608

- Reuters, 2026-10-09 17:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/un-calls-us-plans-livestream-execution-abhorrent-2026-10-09/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac925cf8f1582000191aa92

> The United Nations condemned the US plan on Friday to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, calling it “abhorrent” and saying it could breach prohibitions against torture. Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.

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