That means more people have died in American mass shootings in the last four and a half months than were killed (by most estimates) in Ukraine's brutal protests between fall 2013 and fall 2014.
He is so extraordinarily learned, so indefatigable and cherishing of his material, that it seems brutal to protest.
Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, described the evacuation as "brutal" and protested that Palestine TV had been prevented from broadcasting during the raid.
In the war of words that has followed the bloodshed in Uri, the brutal oppression of protest in Kashmir has been largely ignored.
The first a historic re-enactment of the brutal crushing of protest during the miners' strike in 1984, the second a community-engaged event with artists, again with a Biblical theme.
While Arab dictators gun down their own in brutal suppression, Israelis protest fully confident in their safety and freedom.
China's brutal suppression of protests in Tibet and other ongoing human rights abuses failed to spoil the party.
Now, with Mr. Lukashenko carrying out a widespread and brutal crackdown after protests over what appeared to be fraud in his re-election, the courts seem to be operating with particular zeal.
Even so, Mr Lukashenka's brutal crushing of protests after a stolen election in December lodged him deeper in Russia's sphere of influence.Ukraine is in a different league from Belarus, and still freer than Russia.
Today marks the 25 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre that saw China's People's Liberation Army gun down hundreds of civilians in a brutal crackdown on protests against government corruption, lack of transparency and freedom of speech.
