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.
Sending Shaath to a third country, the commission ruled, would constitute "a disproportionate infringement on his right to a private and family life".
The ruling by the commission is only advisory and the French government can choose to ignore it.
