In today's Brief: Another same-sex marriage victory in the US; hard time for writing a poem in Qatar; Thailand should hold abusers to account; corruption in Uganda; violence in Iraq, Egypt & Nigeria; France outraged over US spying claims; Malaysia bows to Sri Lankan pressure over war crimes film; lawless Libya; killer robots; China & Saudi Arabia under UN rights review; Tunisian rapper freed; and the Syrian Black Hole.
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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 21 October
Uganda, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, France & US NSA, Malaysia & Sri Lanka, Libya, Killer Robots, China, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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