Recently an Algerian in London just went back, because we all want to go back, and he was sentenced to eight years in jail. He just went back to say he was not.... Algeria is not like.... There is no idea about how the system works in Algeria. I was born there, and I know how the system works. When you are in a police station, there's no lawyer; here you have to choose a lawyer. The government will choose for you anyone they want, and they get any information they want. You can't say no. Even if you are innocent--and remember, when you go to the police station, they beat you on the face until you admit to something. That's the only thing that will save your life. They just want from you what they want. You can't go against them. If they stop you on the street, you're doing something wrong; you're going to get punished for no reason, even for a traffic light.
On December 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.