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World Trade Organization negotiations had come under violent protest in Seattle in 1999.

Pakistan has a dismal record when it comes to protecting religious and ethnic minorities, who have often come under violent attacks by armed extremist groups.

Egypt's beleaguered Coptic minority, which makes up about one-tenth of the country's roughly 90 million people, has been discriminated against for decades, and has come under violent attack since the uprising that toppled Mr. Mubarak.

These rights are hard won and must be defended, especially when they come under violent attack.

After Israeli forces shot dead five Egyptian security personnel on Egyptian soil after last August's cross-border attack, anti-Israel sentiment rose markedly and the Israeli embassy in Cairo came under violent attack.

More than 500 people have been arrested since the summer in sometimes violent clashes with local law enforcement, which has come under fierce criticism for what protesters say have been abusive tactics.

The military authorities look little different than the Mubarak apparatchiks they replaced, Islamists captured the vast majority of parliamentary seats in recent elections, Coptic Christians have come under increasingly violent attack, and Israel is less secure.

Mr. Duterte's attacks on the church come as priests in the country have come under at times violent attacks.

In recent decades, these societies have undergone huge disruptions as the traditional leadership has come under attack by violent groups like the Taliban, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia's Al Shabab, not to mention full-scale military invasions.

In Gaza, Hamas has come under harsh criticism for its recent violent crackdown on protesters demonstrating against harsh living conditions in the territory.

Facebook has recently come under scrutiny for its handling of violent and sensitive video content, especially live streamed footage.