now you've been critical about the usage as well as the reports of the syrian observatory for human rights but in a scenario like this it will be very difficult. to clarify very fight every single death in the country and what would the fifty deaths how would it be different to five hundred deaths. so how do we put that into context of what you said what is your criticism based on. in the press. and if it's your first of all reason i don't think it's too hard to have a more or less clear idea about what's happening in syria i've been able to visit the country twice in the last six months i rented a car drove all over syria was able to go even to hama and homs i was never detained at any military checkpoints the western media choose to rely exclusively on the syrian observatory for human rights of and i published the results of my investigation in the africa magazine last month the been there i say that there are two such observatories and that they are both connected with the opposition and in reality these organizations are the oppositions propaganda agencies propaganda tools i don't unde

population which differs from what the western media are saying when they quote the syrian observatory for human rights also this eerie an opposition is very much divided they do not share the same goals and they use different methods to reach their goals actually i never questioned the credibility of the information that was coming from the region on my way to syria i thought i would see a country torn apart by a raging conflict a country aflame with revolution a country where it would be extremely hard to move around so i was very much surprised when i was given a visa and i mean these stories that it's so difficult to get into syria are sort of you. don't buy some all right so you've talked to the opposition various groups in the opposition can you tell us about what you discussed with them and how you would assess that. with your saying here you first feels that there is no such thing as a single opposition in fact there are many opposition groups and some of them are in conflict with each other. i'll try to present you with a clearer picture there are two hot beds of discontent that one in the cit

british how or why they're more likely to be a legitimate human rights organization and nominate belated one for instance the syrian observatory for human rights. based in london and. some of the groups in paris they criticize the assad government because that is nicely with western foreign policy objectives of regime change in syria so mr rajab is i believe he's got his finger on the poles of a genuine. genuine human rights situation in bahrain now but france out prizing has certainly been given away less international attention than other arab countries around the world such as syria libya and egypt why do you think that is well because for starters but rain is hosting the u.s. fifth fleet from military standpoint the rain is a key military strategic position for the united states and for nato and when you're looking at it impending attack on iran you're not going to see any criticism out of washington state department or from the british foreign office any serious criticism of the bahraini government rajab and kojo have been cited by their government for organizing protests without licenses this is a problem when this is a

population which differs from what the western media are saying when they quote the syrian observatory for human rights also the syrian opposition is very much divided they do not share the same goals and they use different methods to reach their goals saying you've talked to the opposition various groups in the opposition can you tell us about what you discussed with them and how you would assess them. first there is no such thing as a single opposition in fact there are many opposition groups and some of them are in conflict with each other there are two hot that's of discontent in the city of hama where the muslim brotherhood led an uprising in the one nine hundred eighty s. the demonstrations that took place there were peaceful in july the syrian army surrounded the city but stopped short of occupying us early in august the army moved into the city under stablish control over demonstrations are continuing the army and the police are present there to prevent the protesters from accessing major squares and streets protesters do throw stones at the police from time to time but these rallies never turn

the syrian observatory for human rights says rebels were defending the town against a government assault over the weekend. at least nine people have been killed in an explosion in northern afghanistan. the blast happened inside a busy market. a member of the region's provincial council was among those killed. a local doctor said at least 10 people were injured. the military in uganda says it captured a senior commander of the lord's resistance army, a group that's been killing and abducting people for more than 20 years. the ugandan army is one of the top five leaders who was caught in the african republic. the head, joseph kony, is wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court. an inquiry finds that 72 civilians were killed in nato air strikes over libya last year. that's the conclusion by human rights watch, which has examined claims of civilian deaths during eight separate nato strikes. it's now called the military alliance to investigate the claims further. our diplomatic correspondent, bridget kendall, reports. >> the aftermath of a nato air strike in libya in august las

just today the syrian observatory for human rights tells us at least 46 people killed across syria as the army continues to raid more and more of the towns and villages where there is resistance. let's talk about one town that is in idlib province. this is amateur video. we can't confirm it. very disturbing. it purports to proprotesters very close to army personnel, then the army, you see there, very close to the protesters, start firing on the protesters. we heard there were multiple deaths in the city. this is a city, in fact, that today u.n. monitors were in. there is video that we have that shows u.n. monitors. we have reports from the u.n. mission in syria that in fact the convoy that was in that town was struck by an impromized explosive device. there is amateur video thatp purports to show when that happened. this shows how dangerous it is even in towns where members of this u.n. mission are right now. >> we're looking at these pictures and we see the u.n. on those white vans in the middle of this. i imagine that the people there are trying to take comfort they have somebody lo