The High Court in Dar es Salaam on 18 September 2020 ordered five people to be hanged to death for killing former prominent lawyer and politician, Dr Edmund Sengondo Mvungi.

The military court martial in Juba on 18 September 2020 sentenced to death a police officer and a soldier accused of killing a lecturer early this year.

A model court in Karachi sentenced on 16 September 2020 a man to death in the infamous blue car robbery-murder case.

The court of Sanaa province ruled on 15 September 2020 to execute the accused of killing two of his brothers, Mohammed al-Kuhali.

North Korea on 20 July 2020 publicly executed six people, including four party officials, for their involvement in a prostitution ring that sold sex with female students of prestigious performing arts universities, sources in the country told RFA.

A Vietnamese court on 24 August 2020 sentenced a Malaysian woman to death for transporting 3.3 kg of cocaine from Brazil to Vietnam.

A Yemeni court in the central province of Marib on 6 September 2020 sentenced five Houthis to death for undermining security in government-controlled areas.

Two rapists were handed down death sentence and a Rs200,000 fine each in Sheikhupura by Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Azhar Iqbal Ranjha on 10 September 2020.

Saudi Arabia has awarded on 14 September 2020 the death penalty to two Saudi brothers associated with Daesh (the so-called IS) terrorist outfit. They were convicted of killing their mother and attempting to murder their father and brother.

A Vietnamese court sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others on 14 September 2020, for their roles in the high-profile killings of three policemen in a clash over land rights, the security ministry and a lawyer said.

A Khulna court on 2 September 2020 sentenced four persons to death for killing a Madrasa student -- Musa Sikder.

A Filipino who was sentenced to death in Kuwait for the murder of his Filipina partner in October 2007 has been pardoned by the nation's Amir, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on 12 September 2020.