The Gulf kingdoms of Bahrain and Kuwait are seeing fresh public outcries against the country's unelected rulers, who have been stepping up their crackdowns on dissent for the last 2 years. Calls for more rights and Democracy are increasingly met with arrests and brutal force, as the conservative monarchs refuse to concede. While the West is accused of turning a blind eye to violations by its key Arab allies, as Lucy Kafanov reports.

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