南京维权人士史庭福被指 9 月 22 日死于新疆沙河监狱，狱方称“心脏病发作”，家属质疑Nanjing rights defender Shi Tingfu reported dead in Xinjiang's Shahe Prison on September 22; prison says 'heart attack', family questions account

更新（2026年10月14日）：独立中文资讯平台“聚焦中国”10 月 14 日发表史庭福死亡事件的证据链调查，补充了新的时间线与健康史细节：报道称 9 月 22 日 17 时左右史庭福在沙河监狱去世，当晚 22 时 30 分其子接到监狱电话被告知死讯，遗体停放在殡仪馆；报道引述自由亚洲电台 2024 年 7 月的报道称，史庭福在阿拉尔市看守所期间患有高血压、肺炎、糖尿病、腰椎间盘突出、关节和风湿等疾病，曾出现血压超过 200 的情况；2025 年 4 月 17 日他与儿子通话时称自己“每天感觉浑身无力”。报道同时指出，截至发稿，公开信息中尚未见沙河监狱、兵团监狱管理机关、检察机关或医院发布死亡证明、医疗鉴定、抢救记录或尸检结论——“心梗”目前仍是监狱向家属的口头说法，而非独立医学证据确认的结论。上述细节主要来自家属电话、维权团体与人权组织的阶段性通报，本站无法独立核实医疗记录，本记录继续标为“持续核实”。[6]

据对话基金会（The Dui Hua Foundation）10 月 7 日发布的“在押人员近况更新”第 9 期，南京维权人士史庭福 2026 年 9 月 22 日死于新疆沙河监狱，距离原定 2027 年 1 月 14 日刑满释放不到四个月。狱方告知其儿子，死因为心脏病发作；但儿子表示，他近期探视时父亲看起来身体状况良好、未诉不适。[1]

史庭福 2024 年 1 月 15 日在新疆被拘捕：他此前帮助新疆果农维权，并把果农的请愿材料转给海外记者。2024 年 2 月 8 日，他被以“寻衅滋事”正式逮捕；同年 7 月 16 日，新疆生产建设兵团阿拉尔法院判处他有期徒刑三年，刑期至 2027 年 1 月 14 日，关押于新疆生产建设兵团第一师沙河监狱。[1][2]

史庭福是长期民主与人权活动人士，曾因“六四”街头演讲等多次被拘捕和判刑。2025 年 3 月，他与全世欣共同获得第十一届“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”，该奖项表彰其“冒着国家报复的风险坚持人权活动”的勇气。[3]

史庭福的死讯得到了多方交叉印证：“新疆受害者数据库”博客 9 月 30 日将其列为 2026 年 9 月去世的三名有记录个案之一；“中国人权”（HRIC）9 月下旬的周报也提及此事；中国人权捍卫者（CHRD）在其领英账号发文，要求当局向家属交出史庭福的医疗记录以及他曾要求和接受的治疗详情。[2][4][5]

核实说明：本记录记录的是“多家机构报道史庭福在押期间死亡”这一可核实的公开报道行为。死亡的时间、地点、当事人身份和刑期信息在对话基金会、“新疆受害者数据库”、HRIC 的叙述中一致；但死亡的具体原因（狱方称“心脏病发作”）、狱方是否提供及时救治等关键事实，公开信息中只有狱方的单方说法与家属的质疑，尚无独立尸检报告或医疗记录公开，本站无法独立确认。本站将继续跟进家属诉求与当局回应的进展。[1][2][4][5]

Update (October 14, 2026): The independent Chinese-language platform ChinaFocus published an evidence-chain investigation into Shi Tingfu's death on October 14, adding new timeline and health-history details: the report says Shi died at around 5pm on September 22 at Shahe Prison, and his son received a call from the prison informing him of the death at around 10:30pm that night, with the body kept at a funeral home. Citing Radio Free Asia's July 2024 reporting, it says Shi suffered from hypertension, pneumonia, diabetes, lumbar disc herniation, joint and rheumatic conditions while at the Alaer detention centre, with blood pressure reportedly exceeding 200 at times; in a phone call with his son on April 17, 2025, he said he felt 'weak all over, every day'. The report also notes that, as of publication, no death certificate, medical assessment, resuscitation record or autopsy conclusion had been released in public channels by Shahe Prison, the Corps prison administration, the procuratorate or any hospital — 'heart attack' remains the prison's verbal account to the family rather than a conclusion confirmed by independent medical evidence. These details come mainly from family phone accounts and periodic bulletins by rights groups and human rights organisations; this site cannot independently verify the medical records and keeps this record graded 'under ongoing verification'. [6]

According to Prisoner Updates #9 published October 7 by the Dui Hua Foundation, Nanjing rights defender Shi Tingfu died on September 22, 2026 in Xinjiang's Shahe Prison, less than four months before his scheduled release on January 14, 2027. Prison authorities told his son the cause was a heart attack; but the son said his father had appeared well and reported no discomfort during a recent visit. [1]

Shi was detained in Xinjiang on January 15, 2024: he had been helping Xinjiang fruit growers defend their rights and had passed their petition materials to overseas journalists. He was formally arrested on February 8, 2024 on suspicion of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble'; on July 16 that year the Aral Court of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps sentenced him to three years in prison, with the term running to January 14, 2027, and he was held at Shahe Prison of the First Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. [1][2]

Shi was a longtime democracy and human rights activist who had been detained and sentenced repeatedly, including over June 4 street speeches. In March 2025 he and Quan Shixin were named co-recipients of the 11th Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders, honoring their courage in persisting in human rights activism at the risk of state reprisal. [3]

Reports of Shi's death are corroborated across sources: the Xinjiang Victims Database blog listed him on September 30 among three documented victims who died in September 2026; the Human Rights in China (HRIC) weekly brief in late September also noted the case; and Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) posted on LinkedIn demanding the authorities hand over Shi's medical records and details of any treatment he requested and received. [2][4][5]

Verification note: this record documents the verifiable public act — multiple organisations reporting Shi Tingfu's death in custody. The date, place, identity and sentence details are consistent across Dui Hua, the Xinjiang Victims Database and HRIC; but the exact cause of death (the prison says 'heart attack') and whether timely treatment was provided rest only on the prison's one-sided account versus the family's doubts, with no independent autopsy or medical records public, and cannot be independently confirmed by this site. This site will continue to follow the family's demands and any response from the authorities. [1][2][4][5]