My English-speaking friends, I need you!
The justice system in my country, France, would rather send me to prison than deal with the immigrant men who are assaulting us.
Please help spread this video, the world needs to know what they’re doing to French patriots!
(@elonmusk ?) https://t.co/5GmX5q3PQc
— Thaïs d’Escufon (@ThaisEscufon) June 16, 2026
The French political activist Thaïs d’Escufon says that she risks imprisonment for having stated on television in 2023 that the greatest threat to French women is black and Arab immigrant men.
The 26-year-old recounts the case herself in a video on X, where she asks the outside world for help and addresses herself particularly to Elon Musk.
It was during a debate on BFM TV that another participant stated that the greatest threat to French women is men,
whereupon she interjected that this applied to black and Arab immigrant men.
Thaïs d’Escufon herself says that attempts have been made to silence her ever since she began speaking out against immigration, writes The European Conservative, which notes that she had been the victim of a burglary and a sexual assault two years earlier.
For the statement made on BFM TV, she is now being prosecuted after being reported by the state apparatus, and in the worst-case scenario she faces one year in prison and a fine of €45,000.
Speaking about her experiences, d’Escufon described her six years as an activist as marked by media coverage, account suspensions, court cases, and what she regards as systematic attempts to silence dissenting opinions. “Freedom of speech does not exist,” she said.
D’Escufon says that her public profile grew significantly after she became a spokesperson for the immigration-critical movement Génération Identitaire (GI) and began participating in television debates and media interviews.
D’Escufon has faced adversity on many fronts:
As a young female activist speaking about immigration and national identity, she quickly attracted national attention. That attention, she claims, was followed by a wave of censorship. Social media platforms repeatedly suspended her accounts, eventually removing her from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other major networks.
D’Escufon said that several banks also refused to provide her with banking services without offering any clear explanations. During an attempt to open an account, she says that a warning regarding her public profile appeared on a bank employee’s computer screen, leading her to believe that her political activism had effectively resulted in her being blacklisted.
In addition to social media bans and difficulties with banks, d’Escufon says that she has been subjected to several legal proceedings because of her political statements. She has already received a six-month suspended prison sentence and a €3,000 fine in one case, while continuing to pursue appeals through the court system.