93 She considered that the judgment by the Inter-American Court in this case will have a very favorable impact for the indigenous peoples, as they “will have the hope that justice is applied equally to all citizens”, and that physical, moral, and political reparations will be obtained. e) Testimony of Emily Jones, attorney and PhD in Education, a United States citizen She has had a close friendship with Jennifer Harbury for over 20 years, and she described her as a happy person during her relationship with Mr. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez. She stated that the disappearance and subsequent search for him deeply affected her emotionally. As a consequence of what happened, Mrs. Harbury had to temporarily interrupt her professional career as an attorney and, although she received support from her family, she had to sell all her belongings, even her home, and become indebted to obtain funds to continue the search for her husband. c) EXPERT EVIDENCE 21. At the public hearing on November 28 and 29, 2001, the Court heard the expert opinion offered by the representatives of the victims and the Inter-American Commission, summarized as follows: Expert opinion of Anna Deutsch, with a licenciate degree in clinical psychology and a masters degree in transcultural psychotherapy and evaluation and treatment of the psychological consequences of trauma; she is the clinical director of a program for torture victims in Los Angeles, United States of America. The expert witness stated that forced disappearance of a person has a profound psychological impact on his or her next of kin, because not knowing what happened to that person, they are unable to begin the emotional process of dealing with that death and being able to “adjust to the absence of the beloved one”, and this results in psychic imbalance or destructuring. Furthermore, during this process the next of kin attempt to find out the truth about what happened, and when those responsible are not found “this does not allow them to process it either, nor to grieve”. In this type of situations, the pain never goes away, and despite the passing of time, “minimal things that remind them of the missing person, or of the fact or circumstances, suffice to renew absolutely all the prior suffering”. When the next of kin know that a person is suffering torture, their “suffering is even greater than the real suffering of physical torture”, as it is a long-lasting psychological torture. The possibility that the detainee is subject to torture is “an unbearable suffering for the persons who know this”, and even though it may be less painful to assume that he or she has died, this is an unacceptable thought, because “in thinking this person dead [they are] killing him or her”. Therefore, they go back to considering that the detainee is alive, which means that he or she is being tortured, and this generates “a vicious circle of torturing thoughts”. As regards Jennifer Harbury, the expert witness was able to ascertain that disappearance of her husband has profoundly affected her psychological state. When she learned that something had happened to Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, the level of emotional pain, general tension, and anxiety was extreme, to the point that