A Botswana woman, Lesedi Molapisi, has been executed in Bangladesh today after being found guilty of drug trafficking. Molapisi was hanged at 10:30 a.m. local time (GMT+6) on Friday.
She had been sentenced to death in May last year for smuggling over 3 kilograms of heroin into the country.
Her execution was delayed for several months due to political unrest in Bangladesh. However, authorities proceeded with the sentence today, ending hopes of a possible appeal.
Gilbert Mangole, Botswana's High Commissioner to India, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries, had recently said that a Bangladeshi appeals court had not yet set a hearing date for Molapisi's case. Despite these remarks, the execution went ahead as scheduled.
Molapisi's story has caught the attention of many, especially as it unfolds alongside the case of Kenyan national Nduta, who is facing a similar fate in Vietnam.READ MORE.....................
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