Chinese officials said that veteran
human rights activist, Peng Ming died in hospital after collapsing in Xianning
Prison, Hubei Province. Against his family’s will, the authorities forcibly and
illegally removed his vital organs such as brain and heart, according to
U.S.-based rights group China Aid on Dec.12.
Earlier, China Aid said no death
certificate had been issued to the family, which left his cause of death
unclear.
Distrustful of the Chinese
authorities, Peng’s family members demanded an autopsy by an “international,
independent medical authority acceptable to the family.”
Peng, a Christian, had been
imprisoned for life over his dissident activities.
Peng’s case comes in the wake of
increasing reports about the Chinese state’s harvesting of organs from
prisoners of conscience.
The numbers of organ transplants
performed in China is estimated to be up to 100,000 per year and the main
source of organs comes from prisoners of conscience stated a detailed report
released in the U.S. on June 22.
UCAN
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