The phrase "are condemned when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing actions or behaviors that are judged negatively under certain circumstances.
Example: "Certain practices are condemned when they violate ethical standards."
Alternatives: "are criticized when" or "are denounced when".
While antisocial or disruptive behaviour should always be condemned, when it comes to student snowsport trips, we should celebrate the opportunity they provide and accept that they're about an awful lot more than "debauchery and excess".
Thousands of acres in the mountain towns were condemned when the city built reservoirs early in the last century, and many residents resent what they call the city's arrogance and interference in local affairs.
Among Mr. Gao's most celebrated plays is "Bus Stop" (1983), which recalls Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and which was condemned when it opened as "spiritual pollution" by Communist Party officials.
In Athens they had been holding some Spartan ambassadors when the Sphodrias' raid had taken place and they were holding them in effect as hostages, but the Spartans said, look we had nothing to do with it, this was — Sphodrias did it all on his own, and he'll certainly be condemned when he gets back to Sparta.
Rowling is so used to condemning, it never occurs to her that she may be condemned; when she takes freedoms from others, she never thinks that they may one day be taken from her. Shelley said that writers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
Yet many of the shows that are now regarded as classics were condemned when they were first seen: Patrice Chéreau's centenary production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at Bayreuth in 1976, now generally agreed to be one of the most influential opera productions of modern times, was roundly abused at its first outing, though it was cheered to the echo when it was revived five years later.
After the latest mudslides, two houses were condemned when they slipped about a foot off their foundations.
Himself a recovering addict and the author of two acclaimed memoirs about addiction, he understands better than most the emotional damage we wreak on one another, the crushing burden we are condemned to carry when we make mistakes with catastrophic consequences that can never be undone.
Also worth mentioning is the queasy dynamic in which the male characters' violent impulses are condemned in theory but, when acted on, seem to be implicitly excused, or at least overlooked.
