CNHRA PERSON RECORD · CNHRA-P-967394
Peng Ming
Biography
Peng Ming engaged in environmental and political reform advocacy and later overseas democratic organizing.[1]
China Change recounts Peng’s establishment of the China Development Union in 1998, subsequent labor re-education and departure for the US in 2001. He later proposed a federal government and a democratic transition.[1]
The Democracy Project addresses a provisional government, institutional design, mobilization and international pressure. China Change published its table of contents.[1]
Case Summary
China Change recounts Peng’s seizure in Myanmar in 2004, transfer to Chinese custody and life sentence. It attributes the November 29, 2016 death in Xianning Prison to family information.[1]
The family’s December 3, 2016 statement, later published by ChinaAid, requested access to the body, an independent autopsy and return of belongings, saying adequate cause-of-death information and a death certificate were unavailable.[2]
Timeline
2004
Taken into custody across the border
China Change recounts Peng’s seizure in Myanmar, transfer to Chinese custody and life sentence after overseas democratic organizing and political-transition proposals.[1]
2016-11-29
Family reports death in prison
2016-12-03
Family requests independent autopsy
Peng’s family issued a statement requesting access to the body, an independent autopsy and return of belongings. ChinaAid later published it.[2]
Related Events
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-994372China Change
Evidence location: Body: activism, 2004 return to custody, life sentence and family report of death in 2016.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-188775ChinaAid
Evidence location: Family statement dated December 3: November 29 death, unavailable cause and request for independent autopsy.