Australian Greens call for ‘barbaric’ US execution live stream to be blocked

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Source: The Guardian World · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

Federal government urged to prevent Australians from viewing planned broadcast of Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan’s execution Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates The Australian government should block the “barbaric” broadcast or live stream of a US military execution, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says, but it is unclear whether the commonwealth can or would be willing to do so.

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