Examples of 'held without trial' in a sentence

Meaning of "held without trial"

This is a legal term used to describe a situation where a person is detained or incarcerated for an extended period of time without being brought before a court or given a trial. It is often associated with human rights violations

How to use "held without trial" in a sentence

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held without trial
He has been held without trial since.
Held without trial.
Those arrested were held without trial.
Administrative detention is a classification of prisons or detention centers where people are held without trial.
Those not released are held without trial or access to a lawyer.
Thousands of persons had thus been arrested in recent months and held without trial.
They were held without trial.
He is in Serkadji prison where he is still held without trial.
Some enemy aliens were held without trial during the entire war.
Some have been sentenced, and others are being held without trial.
The four men have been held without trial for three years.
Many of them are children, and quite a few are being held without trial.
Those not released have been held without trial or access to a lawyer.
Mr. O'Connell says he 's a political prisoner, unfairly held without trial.
In some cases they were held without trial for months before their eventual release.

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Over 600 of those imprisoned were being held without trial.
The detainees are being held without trial to avoid embarrassment of the Palestinian Authority.
Who, as we all know, was held without trial.
For this he was held without trial for four months, tortured and threatened with execution.
Many of these individuals were held without trial and in secret.
Palestinians are held without trial under what is euphemistically called ‘ administrative detention . '.
There are 13 Lebanese prisoners of war being held without trial in Israeli prisons in Israel.
All three were held without trial for two years, before being sentenced to 14 years ' imprisonment.
Subject: Prisoners being held without trial in Syria.
Gambia president releases 171 inmates held without trial.
Bradley Manning was held without trial for more than 3 years.
Under the legislation suspects can be held without trial " until the end of hostilities ".
Hundreds more are held without trial at Bagram, in Afghanistan.
Jehovah 's Witness, Dennis Christensen, held without trial since last year.
At one point, he was held without trial ( “ administrative detention ” ) for over a year.
An estimated 500 people are being held without trial at the base in Cuba.
More than a quarter of those have been held without trial since 2006 or earlier.
About 500 terror suspects are held without trial at Guantanamo.
Barghouti was arrested in September 1985, and held without trial for 6 months under administrative detention.

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