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
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