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 . Read more : Bahrain enacts stiff laws against 'terrorism ' before opposition protests . Bahrain : Level of Western indifference to ongoing political crisis in Bahrain is alarming .
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 .