The High People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on 23 October 2020 rejected an appeal and upheld the death penalty against a 29-year-old woman for having illegally transported narcotics from Cambodia into Vietnam for 19 times.

The High Court in Juba, South Sudan, on 26 October 2020 sentenced Babu Emmanuel Lokiri, the accused in the murder of three juvenile sisters, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murder.

An Anti-terrorism court (ATC) awarded on 22 October 2020 two death sentences to a man for killing a police official during a bank robbery attempt.

A military court in the Somali capital Mogadishu on 25 October 2020 sentenced to death by firing squad in absentia Idle Mubarak Ibrahim, an al-Shabaab militant, over the 12 August 2020 prison break at the Mogadishu Central Prison and the murder of two people.

A Moroccan court on 19 October 2020 sentenced to death Said Mansour for his involvement in the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca.

The Iraqi judiciary sentenced six people to death for their involvement in Al-Wathba Square incident that sparked widespread controversy in the country, Shafaq News reported on 21 October 2020.

Christian convert Mohammad Reza Omidi on 14 October 2020 was lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine. The sentence was carried out at the Prosecutor’s Office of Rasht.

A Wyoming woman whose mother and husband were murdered in separate incidents is calling on the state to repeal its death penalty for the benefit of victims’ family members.

The Justice Ministry on 21 October 2020 introduced a system in which the executions of death row inmates are reported to victims of criminal cases via document or phone if they wish.

Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) has reiterated that juvenile offenders will not face the death penalty in kingdom, Gulf News reported on 22 October 2020.

The Court of Appeal of Singapore on 16 October 2020 dismissed an application by a drug trafficker on death row for a review of his case, reminding defence counsels not to invoke the review process lightly and without reasonable basis or they will face sanctions for abusing court processes.

IRAN - Christian convert Mohammad Reza Omidi lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine.