Crime & Justice
Pentagon will livestream Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution, drawing pope and UN criticism
October 10, 2026 at 08:57 PM · Updated 6d ago
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
البابا يندد بعقوبة الإعدام بالتزامن مع خطة واشنطن لبث رمي نضال حسن بالرصاص
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MAMasrawy
إعدام نضال حسن بالبث المباشر.. لماذا أثار القرار جدلاً داخل الجيش الأمريكي؟
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AJAl Jazeera English
Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution
(opens the publisher’s site)Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the December 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, drawing criticism from the pope, the UN and lawmakers.
- Hegseth revealed the livestream during a television interview, and Pentagon officials said they learned of the decision from it.
- Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed there on December 3.
- The execution would be the US Army's first in 65 years and the country's first firing-squad execution since World War II.
- Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "inadmissible," while the UN human rights office said livestreaming the execution would violate the absolute ban on torture.
- Pope Leo XIV elaborated his condemnation, saying the death penalty violates the sanctity of human life and denies the chance to repent.