DEATH row grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has criticised the Government's decision not to pay for her legal fight, claiming the decision is "tantamount to condoning the death penalty".
The 56-year-old from Cheltenham was convicted of smuggling cocaine into Bali last May and has been sentenced to death by firing squad.
To appeal her sentence, her legal team required a minimum of £8,000, but the UK Government refused to provide funding.
An appeal was launched in Britain against the decision which ultimately proved to be futile.
In a statement, she said she felt let down.
She said: "The Government has done very little to support me. The Foreign Office has done even less.
"The Government and Foreign Office are doing all they can to resist me at this difficult time.
"However, I have been able to talk about my situation and will continue to do so because there are others in a similar desperate plight that are not seen. There are, and will continue to be, British nationals facing execution without lawyers and because they cannot raise their voices, the government is standing by refusing to assist with funding of lawyers for them."
Sandiford was arrested in May last year after a flight from Thailand.
But she has repeatedly stated that she had no intention of selling drugs in Bali.
She claimed she had been forced to carry a suitcase full of cocaine by gangsters who were threatening her family.
Cheltenham's Liberal Democrat MP, Martin Horwood, said he shared some of Sandiford's disappointment at the Government's decision.
He said the Government "should be able to support British nationals every step of the way in circumstances as extreme as these".
"We are not talking about every case involving a British national around the world," he added. "We are only talking about these extreme cases."
"I think it is fair to say that this Government has done quite a lot for Lindsay in terms of consular support in Bali and through lobbying in London but I share her disappointment that the Government chose to fight in the British courts which probably cost more than her appeal would have cost."