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UN Says Trump-Hegseth Livestream of Execution Would Breach ‘Absolute Prohibition of Torture’

As rights advocates across the US expressed horror at the Trump administration's confirmed plans to publicly broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former military psychiatrist who was convicted of killing 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, the top United Nations human rights expert warned that the public state killing would violate…

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Republicans, evangelicals oppose livestreamed execution: What does Trump say?A growing number of GOP lawmakers and religious leaders are speaking out about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan.

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Even Mike Johnson Thinks Livestreaming an Execution Is Going Too FarEven Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson disapproves of the Trump administration’s planned live execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan. Johnson made his position known during a CBS News interview over the weekend. “The concern would be that it would create a video that would be a recruiting tool for future terrorists,” Johnson said. “I wouldn’t be…

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DHS secretary defends livestream of Fort Hood shooter's executionDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of an ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood.

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