Chronological archive
August 2021
The 28 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2021, in chronological order.
28 news items
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2021 · Virginia
USA - Virginia. ‘Martinsville 7’ Granted Posthumous Pardons 70 Years After Their Executions
Seven young Black men sentenced to death by all-white juries
AUGUST 31, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Attazadeh tortured and murdered in Ahar prison
On August 31, 2021
AUGUST 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Kahrazehi Executed in Zahedan Prison on August 28
For murder
AUGUST 27, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. First opinion in favor of parole for Sirhan Sihran
Man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy
AUGUST 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Ali Hosseini executed at Qom Prison on August 24
For murder
- AUGUST 23, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Edward Wycoff’s death sentence overturned
- AUGUST 19, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. William Reece Formally Sentenced To Death
- AUGUST 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - IHR Strongly Condemns Arrest of 7 Lawyers and Civil Activists
AUGUST 12, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Steven Wiggins sentenced to death
- AUGUST 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Esfarayen
Date unknown
AUGUST 10, 2021CanadaDEATH PENALTYCHINA - Death sentence upheld for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg
Pressure for Canada not to extradite "Lady Huawei" to the US.
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Ghanbarzehi and Nabi Notizehi executed in Kerman Prison on August 9
On drug charges
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Afshar Minayi executed in Kermanshah Prison on August 9
For murder
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zabiollah Hormozi executed in Mashhad Prison on August 9
At least 81 people executed on drug charges in 2021
AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Soltan-Abadi executed in Kermanshah Prison on August 9
IHR obtained information on October 8
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi and Seyed Esmail Kurdtamini hanged in Isfahan Prison on August 8
On drug related charges
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salim Mohammadi executed in Isfahan prison on August 8
No information about his charges
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Golebacheh executed in Birjand Prison on August 8
On drug charges
AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi executed in Isfahan Prison on August 8
On drug-related charges
AUGUST 6, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Brandon Deon Mitchell's death sentence reinstated
AUGUST 6, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Otis McKane sentenced to death
- AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassan Eghdami and Ebrahim Afrashteh executed in Qom Prison on August 4
For drugs
AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Afsordeh executed at Jiroft Prison on August 4
For murder
AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Tondroo (Tondro) executed at Karaj Central Prison on August 4
For murder
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Karimi executed in Isfahan Prison on August 2
For drugs
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Eskandar Zare, Sepehr Abbasnejad and Hamzeh Rezaei executed in Urmia on August 2
For drug-related charges
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Sanjari, a minor, executed in Dizelabad prison on August 2
He was 15 years old at the time of the crime
- AUGUST 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan ... and Ali ... executed in Mashhad Prison on August 1
For murder