The phrase "activists are held" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the treatment or status of activists, particularly in legal or social situations.
Example: "In some countries, activists are held without trial for their beliefs and actions."
Alternatives: "activists are detained" or "activists are imprisoned".
Indeed, subordinating rigorous legal analysis to a desired outcome is precisely the sin judicial activists are held to commit.
As the November 7th elections approach, more than 2,100 political activists are held in Burmese prisons and hundreds of thousands of Burmese citizens, predominantly from ethnic-minority areas, are displaced internally because of conflicts with government troops or other ethnic militias.
He has spoken to Newsnight's Emily Maitlis as 30 Greenpeace activists are held in Russia after a similar protest on an Arctic oil rig owned by Gazprom.
Yet many Democrats and liberal activists are holding Mr. Obama to his proposal for an independent office for consumers' financial protection.
Tomorrow activists are holding a global day of action protesting at Amnesty's decision to endorse the decriminalisation of brothels and sex buyers.
Activists are holding weekend workshops where direct-action novices practice street blocking, and DIY medics learn to treat victims of pepper spray and police violence.
A group of longtime Christian conservative activists are holding a private meeting Thursday in Washington to hear informal presentations from two of the most talked-about potential Republican presidential candidates: Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Women's rights activists are holding vigils in the Indian capital Delhi in memory of a female student who was gang-raped and murdered on a bus.
Palestinian activists are holding events to mark a week since they reclaimed an abandoned village near Jericho in the West Bank.
The activists are holding out for Scottish independence.
Some immigrant rights activists are holding out for deeper commitments and remain wary of the former secretary of state.
