Lesedi Molapisi, a citizen of Botswana, was put to death in Bangladesh on Friday, November 25, for bringing drugs into the nation illegally.
Due to the presence of more than 3 kg of heroin in her suitcase, the 30-year-old was placed under custody in January.
After Lesedi boarded a Qatar Airways flight from Johannesburg to Dhaka, Bangladesh via Doha, he was detained upon arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh.
When it comes to drugs, Bangladesh has a zero tolerance policy in place, and in 2018 a law imposing the death penalty for drug offenses was approved.
This comes after the government and police in Bangladesh came under fire for shooting more than 200 people during an anti-drug campaign.
While the trial against her was ongoing, Lesedi Molapisi remained incarcerated in Bangladesh. She was found guilty and given the death penalty; her execution was scheduled for this Friday.
The Botswana government could only step in when a citizen was found dead or became the victim of crime, despite the fact that her sentence has drawn criticism from around the world.
According to the Criminal Procedure Code, Bangladesh has adopted the death penalty for 33 criminal offenses, and the mode of execution is hanging by the neck.
By June 2021, there were over 2,000 death row inmates, and there had been over 1,300 appeals.
Lesedi was placed under more severe restrictions than other detainees, therefore she would have spent her time in solitary confinement before her execution.
The chambers used to house death row inmates are made to prevent the accused from accessing sunlight, clean air, or social interaction with other inmates.
