South Africa: Paris Olympic Games security sweeps and restrictions upend lives as courts overturn casesParis Olympics security sweeps and restrictions upend lives as courts overturn cases

French paramedic Seifelislam Benadda had just dropped off a patient at hospital on 1 July, he said, when the police informed him he was prohibited from leaving his hometown in the Paris suburbs, saying he was a potential threat to the Olympic Games.

For the next nine days, instead of driving his ambulance, the 28-year-old checked in at the Nogent-sur-Marne Police Station at midday and fought to overturn the administrative measure, which alleged he posed a terrorist risk.

As part of a…