guram imnadze, thank you for coming _ etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming on _ etc.adze, thank you for coming on the _ etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming on the programme. | for coming on the programme. thank you. anti—government forces in syria say they've captured one of the largest military bases on the edge of the city of hama. the bbc has not been able to verify these pictures which we are told are from halfaya in hama province which show intense fighting. syria's defence ministry said syrian and russian warplanes were bombarding the rebels. one week on from the the surprise rebel offensive in syria, bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been tracking the advance, and the response from government aligned forces. it's been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the syrian government in years. here is the government response in idlib, a rebel stronghold where syria and its ally russia have carried out air strikes. the bbc verify has been tracking the advance of rebel forces from the west of syria by analysing footage on social media.

earlier i spoke to guram imnadze, director of the human rights group socialjustice center on his reaction have to mention about these protests is these protests are politically driven. i would say this is a grassroots protest, organised by people themselves and that's why it is not easy for the government and police institutions to deal with this kind of protest because self organisation is quite strong in this regard, and it's not easy to presume or deal with these kind of protests effectively. what we have seen is that the government has systematically manipulated elections and we can say that these parliamentary elections on october the 26th were systematically rigged. and then the government proceeded with authoritarian tendencies to follow up and openly declared, as you mention, that the eu integration process would be delayed until 2028. so this is of course democratic backsliding of georgia and also it refers to the security of the state because without proper integration partnership with western partners, georgia's security is also under serious threat because russia's influence i