The military court of First Instance sentenced constable Mohamed Hussein Elmi to death following charges by the Office of the Prosecutor.

In Rangpur, a court on 29 September 2020 sentenced Mossarraf Hossain to death for burning his wife to death after failing to realise dowry from her, about 14 years back in Monthona area of Rangpur city.

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Arman Abdolali, who was under 18 years old at the time of committing the alleged murder, has been sentenced to death again by Branch Five of the Tehran Criminal Court despite the victim’s body never being found.

An Egyptian court on 30 September 2020 sentenced six Muslim Brotherhood members to death over crimes including allegedly killing policemen in 2016, Anadolu Agency reported.

A Court in Bangladesh on 29 September 2020 sentenced Abdus Sattar, 55, to death for murder, Kurigram correspondent Ariful Islam reported citing Public Prosecutor Abraham Lincon.

According to the Iran newspaper website, on the morning of 28 September 2020, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) was executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison.

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced his position in favour of resuming executions during the National Security Council meeting on 28 September 2020, saying that “murder deserves the death penalty”.