French commission advises against deporting Egyptian-Palestinian activist

French commission advises against deporting Egyptian-Palestinian activist Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Fri, 05/22/2026 - 08:49 Ramy Shaath hails 'embarrassing' ruling for French government against removal from country, which does not cancel threat of deportation Palestinian political activist and leading figure of the 2011 Egyptian revolution Ramy Shaath speaks during a rally outside Nanterre District Court on 21 May (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP) Off Egyptian - Palestinian activist and academic Ramy Shaath has won a provisional victory against the French government after a commission ruled against his deportation from the country for comments made at pro-Palestine demonstrations and involvement in Palestine solidarity groups. On Thursday, the Hauts-de-Seine departmental deportation commission ruled that deporting the prominent Arab Spring veteran - on the basis of being a "serious threat to public order" - would violate his respect for privacy and freedom of expression. Shaath, who spent 900 days in Egyptian detention between 2019 and 2022, no longer has Egyptian citizenship and could not be sent to his home region of Gaza due to the ongoing war .