translate English to French: Several activists who had used foreign financial assistance to promote human rights had been arrested or imprisoned, including Mr. Saad Edin Ibrahim, director of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Developmental Studies, who had received a seven-year prison sentence.
C'est notamment le cas de M. Saad Edin Ibrahim, directeur du Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Developmental Studies, qui a été condamné à sept ans d'emprisonnement.