non-white roles. we see it in films like the dick dater but it s nothing new. remember mookie rooney playing an asian. a controversial practice as old as hollywood itself. here s how this so called cease-fire looks in parts of syria. government forces continue to launch attacks against their own people in many cities, and opposition group says 22 people were killed today alone. there are areas where rebels are not in complete control. ivan watson has a look. reporter: the journey to syria starts with a brisk walk through olive groves. that s how you get into syria, through a hole in the fence. this is a country of rich rolling farmland that s in open revolt. in many towns the rebels are now in complete control. in one village, a rebel occupies the desk where the police chief used to sit. the rebels claim they forced out the security officers from this police station nearly two months ago and since then they have been using it as a mini barracks for sleeping, also storing
voices the regime of bashar al assad has for 14 months tried to silence with batons and bullets and mortars and murder. these are men, women and children who 14 months ago began raising their voices, asking semifor change, reform. an end to corruption, discrimination. basic freedoms that most of us in the world take for granted. they spoke out peacefully and were with met with tear gas, tanks and torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. just over 300 yards from where i m standing is the syrian border. you can see lights in the distance. that s syria, that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here, they refused our request for visas to enter syria, as they have for many months now. we wanted to come so that you could hear the voices that they have tried so long to distance. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who have s
these adults and children asking for change, reform, an end to disruption and discrimination. they spoke out peacefully demonstrating to towns large and small. they were met with tear gas and tanks and were met with torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. you can see the syrian border in the distance. that is syria. that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here. they refused our request for visas to enter syria as they have more many months now. but we wanted to come so you can hear the voices they have tried to long to silence. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who have seen their children shot to death in front of them. the streets are well run here. but they are miserable places. because all the people here have lost loved ones. their lives are now in limbo. for the past two days we ve been visiting camps speaki
basic freedoms that most of us in the world take for granted. they spoke out peacefully and were with met with tear gas, tanks and torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. just over 300 yards from where i m standing is the syrian border. you can see lights in the distance. that s syria, that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here, they refused our request for visas to enter syria, as they have for many months now. we wanted to come so that you could hear the voices that they have tried so long to distance. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who have seen their kids shot to death in the streets in front of them. the refugee camps in turkey are well run. they re probably the cleanest refugee camps i have seen, but they re miserable places. nearly everyone here has lost a loved one. we ve been visiting the camps, spea