In today's Brief: In the US, a Senate committee approved military strikes against Syria, next step is a Senate vote; Uganda's police shoot to kill; a polluting factory kills thousands of fish in China; prison rape in the US; Fiji's rights-weak constitution, and a lack of trials in Guantanamo.
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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 4 September
Syria, Uganda, pollution in China, prison rape in the US, fiji, Gitmo
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