Cambodia crackdown; South Sudan child soldiers; Pakistan 'honour' killing: HRW Daily Brief

What happens when a child is arrested in the US state of California and doesn't understand they have the right to remain silent? In one case, it led to a boy confessing to a murder he didn't commit, for which he was then jailed. But a new bill being brought before the California senate, sponsored by Human Rights Watch, could help properly protect children when they are arrested. Omran Daqneesh, the so-called "boy in the ambulance" in Syria, has been released from hospital in Aleppo after shocking images of him were beamed around the world. Devastating pictures and footage from Syria are all too common now, with bloodied children pulled from rubble and bodies piling up. But the next day only ever brings more of the same. Leaked UN documents suggest that South Sudan's government has forcibly recruited scores of child soldiers - some as young as 12 - in the past week, in preparation for fresh conflict. US Congress should not be approving weapons sales to the Saudi government as long as Saudi leaders remain unable to stop their military from committing war crimes in Yemen, HRW says. “Baseless charges" against two activists in Cambodia is just the latest escalation of the government’s "increasingly vindictive assault on peaceful critics", HRW says. Authorities should immediately drop their prosecution of the pair. Time is running out for refugee kids in Lebanon, where more than 250,000 young Syrians remain out of school.