Two siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000, were on 17 February 2020 sentenced to death by hanging.

The Ministry of Interior on 4 February 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of a Saudi man, Hamoud bin Muhammad bin Mughram Al Nahid Asiri, in Abha, in the Asir region.

A district court in Tripura on 13 February 2020 sentenced two people to death for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in December last year.

Egyptian security authorities have executed five persons from the same family after they were convicted of abducting and killing a four-year-old child, Middle East Monitor reported on 5 August 2019.

Intentionally hiding or misreporting symptoms related to the novel coronavirus constitutes a criminal offense that could incur a death penalty, according to a notice issued on 15 February 2020 by the Chinese court.

The Ministry of Interior on 30 January 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of a woman named Aisha Ahmed Omar Bahasin - Yemeni nationality.

A model court in Karachi on 13 February 2020 announced a death penalty for a woman and her accomplice after finding their role in the killing of the former’s husband in 2013, ARY NEWS reported.

Seven armed robbers have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, Lawyard reported on 14 February 2020.

A 49-year-old man on 14 February 2020 was sentenced to death by the High Court in Tawau for drug trafficking.

Colombo High Court on 13 February 2020 sentenced three accused to death for killing a person.

The Sindh High Court in Pakistan on 14 February 2020 upheld the death sentence of nine terrorists for carrying out an attack on security forces in 2004 in which 10 people, including six army personnel, were killed.

A Higher court in East Harar, South-Eastern part of Ethiopia, sentenced a suspected human trafficker, who is said to be responsible for the death of five women, to death, Borkena.com reported on 17 February 2020.