SYDNEY: Australia will do whatever it can to stop the "completely abhorrent" livestreaming of the execution of a US prisoner from being available to view in the country, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.
Nidal Hasan's execution – scheduled for Dec 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 – is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945.
A Pentagon official told AFP last week the execution would be streamed live, after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said "we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public."
Albanese told national broadcaster ABC he had a "social responsibility" to stop it being shown.
