Amnesty International calls live broadcast of executions in the US a "barbaric" act

Elaha Sat Oct 2026 13 hours ago 46

According to reports, the U.S. Army plans to broadcast Hasan's execution sentence, which is set to be carried out by firing squad, live on December 3. The Pentagon has also announced that the program will be aired live.


Amnesty International UK, in criticizing this decision, stated that broadcasting the execution live turns the death penalty into a public spectacle and raises serious human rights concerns. If this program is implemented, it would be the first time an execution is broadcast live to the general public.


Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire on military personnel and others present at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009. In this incident, 13 people were killed and 32 others were wounded. He was sentenced to death in 2013.


Donald Trump, President of the United States, has approved the method of executing Hasan's death sentence by firing squad—a decision that has once again sparked debates about the death penalty and its methods of implementation in the United States.


Legal executions in the United States are typically carried out in prisons and out of public view, and broadcasting images of this process faces serious restrictions.


Meanwhile, JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, has expressed doubts about carrying out this plan and stated that if the execution is broadcast live, he will not watch it.



Amnesty International has strongly criticized the United States' decision to broadcast live the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. military member involved in the deadly 2009 shooting at Fort Hood military base, describing the action as "barbaric and profoundly shocking."

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