Examples of using Were being held in English and their translations into Chinese
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Mali's army said that in response, 17"terrorists" were killed and 100 suspects were being held in Tiloa, in Niger.
At first, he was taken into an area of the bush behind the Headquarters of the Armed Forces where other opposition supporters were being held.
Three days after she was transferred to the women' s section of the Tres Alamos prison where some 100 women were being held.
Both men- Sean Everett Davidson, 23, and Bryan David Sullivan, 22- were booked on an arson charge and were being held in jail.
North Korean officials monitored and recorded the interviews and CNN was unable to assess independently the conditions under which the men were being held.
Nineteen Syrian citizens of the occupied Golan were being held in Israeli prisons under harsh conditions and subjected to torture, far away from their homes and families.
With the Tree of Life synagogue still cordoned off as a crime scene, the funerals were being held at nearby synagogues and other Jewish sites.
Forty-one police officers were being held mainly on such criminal charges in prisons in Port-au-Prince as of the beginning of April.
Wide-scale consultations were being held, involving representatives of the Government and of civil society.
An opposition politician said they were being held in Kiev's occupied city hall.
Currently more than 10,000 were being held, including women, children and political leaders.
OHCHR has received information that approximately 100 prisoners were being held by the de facto Gaza authorities as of 1 December 2009 for political reasons.
Civilians were being held against their will and faced the prospect of summary execution, torture, arbitrary detention, rape and systematic intimidation.
As at September 1998, an estimated 125,000 persons were being held in detention centres throughout the country.7 This represents a slight decrease from the end of 1997.
An opposition lawmaker said they were being held in Kiev's occupied city hall.
Talks were being held in Arusha, a third round of negotiations having been concluded in October.
Regular meetings were being held to identify gaps and to address current and future needs.
Regular updates, particularly while meetings were being held, would be of great value to Member States.
The visit revealed that they were being held in unsatisfactory conditions, while the authorities stated that they lacked the means to prepare a legal case against the detainees.
By the end of the month, peace vigils were being held all over Northern Ireland to demonstrate the continuing support of ordinary citizens for peace.