languish

They have languished in appalling prison conditions for years.
Ils croupissent en prison dans des conditions lamentables depuis des années.
Some of these cases have languished for an excessively long time in the legal pipeline.
Certains de ces dossiers sont en attente depuis trop longtemps dans les filières juridiques.
For six long years, these people – who have devoted their lives to saving lives and caring for their fellow human beings – have languished in prison in Libya in loathsome conditions.
Depuis six ans, ces personnes - qui ont consacré leur vie à sauver des vies humaines et à s’occuper de leurs semblables - croupissent dans une prison libyenne dans des conditions effroyables.
Many journalists have languished in prison since, without charge or trial.
De nombreux journalistes se morfondent en prison depuis, sans inculpation ni jugement.
It would probably have languished there if he had not mentioned it to Paul Hoffman in a brief conversation.
Il aurait langui probablement là s'il ne l'avait pas mentionné à Paul Hoffman dans une brève conversation.
Hoffman's determination forced the consideration of what otherwise would have languished as a little-known, interesting idea.
La détermination de Hoffman a forcé la considération de ce qui autrement aurait langui comme idée peu connue et intéressante.
Important human rights investigations and judicial proceedings have languished unless accompanied by extraordinary efforts from individual judiciary officials and civil society organizations.
D'importantes enquêtes et poursuites ayant trait aux droits de l'homme piétinent si elles ne s'accompagnent pas d'efforts extraordinaires de certains magistrats et des organisations de la société civile.
At the same time that multilateral negotiations within the WTO have languished, negotiations outside the WTO to form Free Trade Areas (FTAs) and other preferential trading arrangements have proliferated.
Alors même que les négociations multilatérales s'enlisent, les négociations hors OMC pour la création de zones de libre-échange (ZLE) et autres accords commerciaux préférentiels prolifèrent.
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