UN calls US plans to livestream execution 'abhorrent'

Published Oct 10, 2026 2:14 am KST

A person departs the United Nations (UN) headquarters building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, on Mar. 1, 2022. Reuters-Yonhap

The United Nations on Friday called U.S. 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 U.S. 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.

发布于2026年10月10日凌晨2:14（韩国标准时间）

2022年3月1日，一名行人离开位于纽约市曼哈顿区的联合国总部大楼。（路透社-韩联社）

联合国周五称美国计划直播处决尼达尔·哈桑（Nidal Hasan）的行动“令人憎恶”，哈桑是2009年胡德堡军事基地枪击案的凶手，造成13人死亡。联合国表示，这可能违反禁止酷刑的规定。

联合国发言人斯特凡·杜加里克在纽约举行的联合国每日简报会上表示：“我们在其他国家，无论是伊朗还是阿富汗，都看到了这种公开处决……这可能构成一种残酷、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或惩罚。”

他说：“现场直播就等同于公开处决，这可能违反了禁止酷刑的规定。坦白说，政府公开处决任何人，或者在直播镜头前处决任何人，都是令人憎恶的。”

哈桑将成为自 1945 年以来第一个被美国军方行刑队枪决的人。行刑定于 12 月 3 日在德克萨斯州同一个庞大的军事基地进行，哈桑正是在那里用手枪向一家医疗机构开枪扫射。