"and of course all the sources you quote were there at the time, saw all these events unfold and faithfully reported every nuance."
I don't know how long you were in Damascus but Assad has been filling his torture chambers for at least two decades and has ben reported doing so - and Britain has been helping him.
Sorry - unless you can show a definite in to what is going on - I'd much rather take Amnesty's word than yours
They in fact do have people there and update their information regularly
Assad is a monster - you are defending a monster
Jim Carroll