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France declares itself a democracy but in truth it's really a socialist country.
Scare quotes for "crime"? There was clearly a public order offence of some kind, and the charge was presumably assault.
And the article keeps saying "effective" legal representation; sounds like he had access to some sort of advice and in retrospect he thinks that he could have had better. That's the case with legal aid anywhere, so the comparisons with Guantanamo are a bit far-fetched.
It's also in a state of emergency right now, which means certain liberties & rights one might expect are suspendedFrance declares itself a democracy but in truth it's really a socialist country.