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Trump Casts Doubt on Livestreaming Nidal Hasan Execution Amid Bipartisan Outrage
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Firstpost•10-10-2026, 12:13
Trump Casts Doubt on Livestreaming Nidal Hasan Execution Amid Bipartisan Outrage
- •US President Donald Trump stated that a final decision has not been made regarding the livestreaming of Nidal Hasan's execution.
- •Hasan is scheduled to be executed by a military firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, for the 2009 attack that killed 13 people.
- •The initial plan to broadcast the execution drew widespread bipartisan condemnation, with critics comparing it to tactics used by extremist groups and nations like Iran.
- •Human rights organizations, the UN, and religious leaders strongly criticized the proposal as a violation of human rights and a promotion of a culture of death.
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Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, the military base where he carried out the 2009 mass shooting.
President Donald Trump approved that Nidal Hasan be executed by a United States military firing squad, marking the first such military execution in decades.
Critics including lawmakers, the UN, and religious leaders condemned the livestream plan, arguing that broadcasting an execution is barbaric, resembles tactics used by extremist groups, and violates human rights.
