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UN warns livestreaming US execution would amount to torture
Original: Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns
The UN human rights office has warned that livestreaming an execution in the United States would violate the international prohibition on torture and cruel treatment. The warning comes amid debate over public broadcasts of capital punishment, with the office stressing that such footage would expose spectators and viewers to degrading treatment.
Why now: The UN rights office issued a formal warning that livestreamed executions would breach the torture prohibition, prompting global attention to US capital punishment practices.
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