As I said, I think it's absolutely crucial that we acknowledge what has taken place. In the example I gave before, when I said that aggravated assault is a term that can equally be applied to and is applied now to what are acts of torture but it can also be applied to a trivial instance such as a fist fight, that's not my example. That is an example that came to me from speaking with a victim. They told me that, and that resonated with me a great deal. When torture happens we need to acknowledge it, whether it is a military official who was acting in that way, or whether it is a private citizen who was acting in that way. These crimes have happened and we need to acknowledge that they've happened, but we need to call crimes what they are, mainly, as I said, for healing to take place.
On September 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.