Arab League monitors monitor compliance with a peace plan for Syria were visiting the capital, Damascus and other cities, but the killings show no sign of slowing down.
Activists say some 40 people were killed by security forces Thursday, mainly in areas where the monitors are visiting, including a suburb of Damascus.
Activists have called for mass street protests Friday.
The UN says more than 5,000 civilians have died in 10 months of unrest.
The peace plan of the Arab League calls for a complete cessation of violence, the withdrawal of all armed forces and the release of all detainees.
However, after two days of surveillance, more questions were raised over the head of the mission of the Arab League, Sudan Gen Mustafa al-Dabi, who said Amnesty International was responsible for the "torture" and "disappearances" in 1990 in Sudan."Only God can help us"
After starting in the city of Homs lightning Tuesday, monitors the Arab League moved to Idlib in the north, in southern Deraa, Hama andDamascus.
Activists reported violence and murder in all these areas.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least four people were killed when security forces opened fire outside a mosque in Douma, a suburb of the capital.
Monitors arrived at the town hall there when security forces fired on "tens of thousands" of protesters outside the Grand Mosque, the British group said.
He said more deaths in other suburbs of the capital - and Aarbin Kiswah - and in Idlib and Hama.
He also said that security forces raided a private hospital in Hama to stop the hurt.
Many of the victims and other information are difficult to verify because most of the foreign media are barred from Syria.
The BBC's Jim Muir in neighboring Lebanon, said that far from diminishing violence, it seems that the presence of observers can actually cause rising.
Hama activist told Reuters: "People really hoping to learn how to join We do not have access to team ..
"People have stopped believing in someone or something now. Only God can help us now."
Another, Idlib, asked where were the monitors, saying. "We worked very hard on this visit we have witnesses and documented deaths and people wanted to bomb sites in March, but the monitors are missing ..
"The presence of security is really hard - it looks like they are preparing as we have."
Our correspondent says almost none of the objectives of the peace plan have been achieved, although Syria has 755 release Wednesday of the UN says 14,000 people were detained during the uprising.
The activists were using social media to call for mass demonstrations on Friday - the traditional day of demonstration.
Syria Revolution in 2011 the group said: "We are going in March as we did in Homs and Hama where we carried olive branches to be confronted with gangs [President Bashar al-Assad] that hit us with artillery and machine guns. ""Positive statements"
Meanwhile, several questions were asked Gen Dhabi, after his first comments on the mission have been criticized as favoring the Syrian government.
Gen Dhabi was the head of military intelligence for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its actions on Darfur.
Amnesty International said that, according to Gen Dhabi, military intelligence in the early 1990s "was responsible for the arrest and detention, forced disappearances and torture or other ill-treatment of many people in Sudan."
First comments Gen Dhabi Syria were he had seen "nothing alarming," although later he said he needed more time to make an assessment.
An official of the Arab League in Cairo told the Associated Press Gen. Dhabi had the support of all its members, saying: ". The mission and its final report will decide the future of Syria and it is not easy "
Damascus says it has enabled monitors "all the equipment they need."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdesi said it was "reflected in the positive statements made by the Sudanese head of the observers."
President Assad said government forces are fighting armed gangs and more than 2,000 security guards were killed.
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