The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.

多年来人们一直受到残暴统治的压制。

Instead of an emotionally charged atmosphere, the spectators, some of them victims of the brutal regime, watched the court proceedings with quiet interest.

观众和一些当时残暴统治下的受害者没有情绪激动地气氛，而是静静地关注着法庭的进程。

I grew up with parents who escaped during the brutal years of the Papa Doc regime.

我在父母的身边长大，他们逃离了杜爸爸残酷的统治时期。