{"id":4773,"date":"2026-03-20T20:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:45:16","slug":"killing-and-injury-of-several-prisoners-in-chabahar-prison-following-security-forces-shooting-after-protests-over-food-ration-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/killing-and-injury-of-several-prisoners-in-chabahar-prison-following-security-forces-shooting-after-protests-over-food-ration-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing and injury of several prisoners in Chabahar Prison following security forces\u2019 shooting after protests over food ration cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, in the early hours of Wednesday, March 18, 2026, following protests by prisoners in Chabahar Prison over the suspension of food rations for several consecutive days and the lack of food supplies, security forces and special units entered the prison and opened fire on the inmates. As a result, a number of protesting Baloch prisoners were shot and injured, and several others were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to informed sources, the protests began on Tuesday evening after several days of food ration cuts in the prison. A number of Baloch prisoners gathered in the prison yard and refused to return to their wards, protesting their detention conditions amid wartime circumstances and the insecurity caused by recent attacks on Chabahar. They demanded transfer to safer prisons or clarification of their release status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on received reports, as the gathering continued, special forces and riot control units were deployed to the prison and, following violent confrontations with inmates, opened direct fire using live ammunition. Dozens of wounded prisoners were transferred to Imam Ali Hospital in Chabahar after being shot. Some of the injured, after being transferred, informed their families that several prisoners had lost their lives during the shooting. At least for four days, no meals had been provided to the prisoners, forcing them to rely on limited food supplies they had previously purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to informed sources, the bodies of several killed prisoners have been transferred to the morgue; however, no information has yet been released regarding their identities or the process of handing over the bodies to their families. At the time of this report, there is still no precise information about the number of casualties or the condition of other prisoners, and officials of the Islamic Republic have remained silent regarding the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-12-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4774\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, in the early hours of Wednesday, March 18, 2026, following protests by prisoners in Chabahar Prison over the suspension of food rations for several consecutive days and the lack of food supplies, security forces and special units entered the prison and opened fire on the inmates. As a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human_rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4775,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions\/4775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}