According to Iran Human Rights sources, death-row prisoner Amir Mohammadpour (Mahmoud Pour) was hanged on 1st March 2020 at Urmia Central Prison (also known as Darya prison).

Nathaniel Woods, 42, Black, was executed in Alabama on 5 March 2020.

An Iraqi court on 2nd March 2020 sentenced to death a former Islamic State militant who repeatedly raped a Yazidi captive.

The Houthi-controlled Specialized Criminal Court in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on 3 March 2020 sentenced 35 Yemeni pro-government deputies to death after charging them with cooperating with the Saudi-led Arab coalition.

Dhaka’s Third Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Jayashri Samaddar on 3 March 2020 sentenced two people to death for the killing of students Faria Akhter Dola, 7, and Nusrat Jahan, 5, in Demra in 2019.

Top Egyptian militant suspect Hisham al-Ashmawy was executed on 4 March 2020 following his conviction over several high-profile attacks, the country’s military spokesman said.

Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails.

A 25-year-old woman of Ndola has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering her biological mother, The Must reported on 2nd March 2020.

A film by an Iranian director about capital punishment has won the top prize at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.

A Chinese court on 1st March 2020 sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.

A high court in Ado Ekiti on 28 February 2020 sentenced a middle-aged man named Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery.

An Egyptian court on 2nd March 2020 sentenced to death 37 defendants, including one of the country’s most high-profile militants, following their conviction of terrorism-related charges.