Education

非沪籍女孩无法参加上海中考 辍学争取异地高考 (Shanghai: 15-yo Student Forced to Study at Home Due to Lack of Residency, Challenges Authorities for Right to Take Uni Entrance Exam in Shanghai)
The Beijing Times, December 3, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1203/03/8HP4JLS400014AED.html

Related:
Shanghainese Youth Borrow a Page from Hong Kong's Regionalist Hate Speech
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1097261/shanghainese-youth-borrow-page-hong-kongs-regionalist-hate-speech

Human Rights Defenders

Woman Released from Labor Camp a 2nd Time
Shenzhen Daily, December 4, 2012
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-12/04/content_7461637.htm

Related:
郭大军母亲劳教案代理律师王甫：行政起诉状（全文） (Administrative Suit against the Lanzhou Municipal Committee on the Administration of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Wang Fu (lawyer representing Zhao Meifu), December 3, 2012
http://weiba.weibo.com/10314/t/z81gAu7Vg

探儿母亲遭劳教事件再激网络民愤 (Gansu Woman Who Previously Petitioned Ordered to 1 Year Reeducation-Through-Labor after Being Intercept on Way Home from Trip to Visit to Son in Beijing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 22, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121122_china_laojiao.shtml

Lawyer Warned Off Foreign Media
Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-12032012173915.html

A copy of the appeal calling for the abolishment of the RTL system is available online at:
要求立即撤销《国务院关於劳动教养问题的决定》等劳教行政法规的公民权力主张书
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/3636

Law

被劳教村官任建宇:若能推动废除劳教我愿站出来 (Village Official Ordered to Reeducation: I'm Willing to Take a Stand If It'll Help Abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
China Newsweek, December 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2012-12-03/141725718681.shtml

Migrant Workers

农民工桥下死亡 有关部门回应未免太着急 (Zhengzhou, Henan: Migrant Worker, Unwilling to Seek Medical Help, Dies beneath Overpass)
Dahe Daily, December 3, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2012-12/04/c_124038814.htm

Public Health

Advocates Call for Euthanasia Law
China Daily, December 4, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/121204/u1a7037089.html