Politics live: Greens call for US execution live stream to be blocked; Flydubai pilot’s Australia links ‘disturbing’
Summary
The Australian Greens want the government to block live streaming of a planned US execution from being shown in Australia. Also, Australian opposition politicians expressed concern about a FlyDubai pilot, who was radicalized while studying in Australia, before being involved in a hijacking attempt.Key Facts
- The US plans to live stream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan on December 3.
- Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young wrote to Australian authorities asking them to prevent the live stream from being accessible in Australia.
- Hanson-Young suggested heavy fines for platforms hosting or not blocking the execution video.
- The FlyDubai pilot, Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, was reported to have become radicalized while studying in Melbourne from 2014 to 2017.
- Australian opposition politicians want stricter visa laws to prevent individuals preaching hate or terrorism from staying in Australia.
- The Australian Home Affairs Minister said al-Shamsi was radicalized online and emphasized the need for better border and online screening.
- Al-Shamsi’s student visa was canceled in 2019, two years after he left Australia.
- The Greens and Australian politicians are actively seeking measures to protect Australians from violent or extremist content online.
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