This archive collects the source record concerning Dong Jianbiao (董建彪), including his efforts to advocate for his daughter Dong Yaoqiong and reporting on his death at Chaling Prison in September 2022.
Source chronology
- August 2018: Hong Kong Free Press reported that police took Dong away while he tried to visit his daughter at a psychiatric hospital.
- January 2020: Chinese Human Rights Defenders carried reporting on Dong’s account of his daughter’s condition after hospitalization.
- 2021: Reports say Dong was arrested after a domestic dispute and later sentenced to three years in prison.
- September 2022: Rights and media reporting announced his death in custody. Deutsche Welle reported that Chaling Prison told the family he had died of illness; relatives reported injuries on the body and a rapid cremation.
Conflicts and evidentiary limits
The exact date is unresolved between September 22 and September 23, 2022. The prison’s reported “died of illness” explanation conflicts with family observations relayed by media. A friend’s statement that Dong had been beaten to death is an attributed opinion. No independent medical or investigative finding is public.