[johnchristopher]

> It seems that so-called "universal" values of "humanity" is biased towards Western societies.

No. It's just that western societies have more money and more media running on it so western events get amplified. That and...

> Is that because such bombings and authoritarian regimes are somehow perceived as "normal" in the "Eastern European" or "Middle Eastern" countries? I am confused.

Yes. For as long as I remember the middle-east, part of north Africa, has always been in the news mainly for some bombings against civilians or something like that. Iraq, Lebanon, the whole Iran-Iraq war, the Egyptian bombings from the 90's, the Gaza strip, etc. As a child, in western Europe, I grew up with always the same pictures on TV about the middle east.

That's just my anecdotal opinion though.