In September 2007, it brutally quashed peaceful protest by Buddhist monks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"The nation of Estonia was brutally attacked through cyber activity, where there was a directed denial of service through flooding that nation, which is very digitally advanced, with 5,000 e-mails a second,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

Mousavi's nephew was brutally murdered.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11