Sentence examples for sham trials from inspiring English sources

Sham trials saw hundreds of summary executions of political opponents.

Moreno-Ocampo dismissed those efforts as "sham trials".

Initially, they were often killed immediately; later they tended to face torture and sham trials.

You are right to call for condemnation of Cuba's recent imprisonment of nearly 100 dissidents after a series of sham trials ("Cuban Litmus Test," editorial, April 18).

They do not deserve to be subjected to the same sort of secret sham trials which condemned their husbands or fathers to death back in Tripoli".

The Supreme State Security Court has used sham trials to prosecute activists, bloggers and citizens accused of "insulting the Syrian president" in private conversations, and it should be abolished, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Pussy Riot went on hunger strike in protest at their sham trial and sham justice.

It seems no sham trial is complete without a sham lawyer.

This is problematic, especially given that the likelihood of a sham trial would be high.

The message the five were sending was clear, Luthuli said: "We are not going to participate in your sham trial".

Mr. Valdez depicts the sham trial propelled by wartime anti-Chicano fervor that lands the 38th Street boys in San Quentin.