State sponsored repression has been going on for the past five years , Marc ##y Jones writes . The prospects for pro - democracy movement are bleak , especially without Western support , he says . Bahrain : Level of Western indifference to ongoing political crisis in Bahrain is alarming .
State sponsored repression has been going on for the past two years , Marc Owen Jones writes . The prospects for pro-democracy movement are bleak , especially without Western support , he says . Jones : Extent of Western indifference to ongoing political crisis in Bahrain is alarming .