Ramy Shaath, a 54-year-old British Palestinian activist and prominent figure of Egypt's 2011 uprising, faces deportation from France after authorities deemed his presence a "serious threat to public order." The Nanterre prefecture (an administrative district west of Paris) has opened deportation proceedings against Shaath, citing his ties to pro-Palestinian organisations — including Urgence Palestine, which he co-founded after Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel — as well as remarks made at public demonstrations. The case is notable given that France previously championed Shaath's release from Egyptian detention in 2022, where he had been held for 900 days; his lawyer notes he cannot be deported to Egypt, as he has lost Egyptian nationality, nor to war-torn Palestine, leaving his fate uncertain ahead of a deportation committee hearing on May 21.