A Khulna court on 29 October 2020 sentenced three people to death for killing a van puller in Khulna.

A court in Attock, Pakistan, on 29 October 2020 awarded death sentence to a man for his involvement in a murder case in Rangoo Police station of Attock besides imposing fine worth Rs0.620 million.

Calling California capital sentencing proceedings “infected by racism,” Governor Gavin Newsom has filed a brief in the California Supreme Court supporting a death-row prisoner’s claim that capital punishment as currently practiced in the state violates the California penal code and the state constitution.

IRAN - Four Prisoners Hanged at Orumiyeh Central Prison (Urmia).

IRAN - United Nations Third Committee Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran

Four Keralites on 28 October 2020 were sentenced to death by a Qatari Criminal court in Doha after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni gold merchant, local media has reported.

A Pakistani Christian's wife and family have gone into hiding after he was sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam, CBN News denounced on 28 October 2020.

IRAN - Hadi Hosseini executed at Ardabil Central Prison on October 28.

IRAN - Peyman Safaei executed at Aligudarz Central Prison on October 26.

IRAN - Four prisoners executed in Urmia on October 29, 2020, and one committed suicide.

A Malian court on 28 October 2020 handed a death sentence to a suspected jihadist and his co-defendant, his lawyer said, after he pleaded guilty to shooting five people to death in a 2015 attack and planning two other attacks targeting Westerners that killed 37.

Somali military court on 26 October 2020 executed a man by firing squad in Luq town of Somalia’s southern region Gedo.