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China executes two men for roles in tainted milk scandal
China announced on Tuesday that two people had been executed for their roles in last year's melamine tainted milk scandal , in which almost 300,000 children were sickened and at least six were killed. The two men, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, (More) |
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China officials detain prominent human rights lawyer
Chinese human rights group Gongmeng announced Thursday that its co-founder, prominent human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong was arrested at his home early Wednesday morning and has not been heard from since. The group has also been unable to reach a seco (More) |
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China officials shut down rights group's legal research center
Chinese officials from Beijing's Civil Affairs Bureau on Friday shut down the legal research center of the Gongmeng human rights group. Officials confiscated computers and other equipment, telling staff that the center was not properly registe (More) |
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China court to hear first contaminated milk lawsuit
The Xinhua District Court in China Wednesday accepted the first civil suit seeking damages against a dairy company in connection with the contaminated milk scandal . The lawsuit [Xinhua report], which was brought by the family of one of the children (More) |
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China courts to hear tainted milk lawsuits
Chinese courts have begun accepting lawsuits against dairy companies in the contaminated milk scandal , a court official announced Monday, departing from their previous policy. Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court (More) |
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China legislature approves new food safety law in wake of tainted milk scandal
China's top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (SCNPC) , approved a new food safety law Saturday which will setup a commission to supervise the country's food monitoring system, according to state (More) |
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China court declares tainted milk dairy company bankrupt
The Intermediate People's Court of Shijiazhuang on Thursday declared bankrupt Sanlu Group , the Chinese dairy company at the center of the contaminated milk scandal that killed six and sickened 300,000. As a result of a court order to compensat (More) |
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China dairy executive appeals life sentence in contaminated milk scandal
Former Sanlu Group chairwoman Tian Wenhua on Sunday appealed the life sentence she received after pleading guilty to charges in China's tainted milk scandal . Tian's lawyer claims it was not his client who decided to sell milk with highe (More) |
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China court sentences 2 to death over tainted milk scandal
A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two people to death and several to life imprisonment for their involvement in the melamine-tainted milk scandal that sickened almost 300,000 children and killed at least six. Chairwoman of the now-bankrupt San (More) |
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China lawyers file class action lawsuit in high court over tainted milk
Lawyers for the families of 213 Chinese children sickened or killed by melamine-contaminated milk petitioned the Supreme People's Court , China's highest court, to hear a class action lawsuit against 22 dairy companies involved in the (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
