Cambodia's Crackdown: Daily Brief

Crackdown in Cambodia; excessive police force has been used against protestors in Lebanon; Australia's biggest newspapers are making a statement against government secrecy; blue paint is being used against demonstrators and a mosque in Hong Kong; an investigation into the civilian attack that killed three girls in Libya is urgently needed; and remembering a departed colleague.
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In Cambodia, dozens of politically motivated arrests over the past three months demonstrate that more international pressure is needed to convince the current government to end its repression of opposition voices. 

Lebanon's riot police are using excessive and unnecessary force against anti-government protestors. The protests are still ongoing, and fear of further police violence remains.

In the light of Australia's extensive secrecy laws, the biggest newspapers protested today by blacking out their front pages. 

Police have sprayed Hong Kong protestors and a mosque with blue paint amidst ongoing protests and legal attempts to shut them down.

Three girls have been killed in Libya during an airstrike by the Libyan National Army. An independent investigation into this unlawful attack on civilians is needed.

And finally, we remember a colleague, one year on...

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