August 16, 1993
Over twelve days in August 1993, the United States and the state of Hawai‘i were put on trial for crimes against the original people of Hawai‘i, the Kānaka Maoli, by the People’s International Tribunal Hawai‘i. This panel of international judges was convened to hear charges of genocide, ethnocide, the taking of our sovereign government and the destruction of our environment.
This transcript covers the tribunal’s proceedings on the island of Moloka‘i.
Testimony was presented to a panel of international jurists that included:
Prof. Milner Ball
Prof. Chung Hyun Kyung
Prof. Ward Churchill
Prof. Richard Falk
Prof. Lennox Hinds
Te Moana Nui a Kiwa Jackson, Esq.
Asma Khader, Esq.
Prof. Oda Makoto
Sharon Venne, Esq.
convener
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
prosecutor/advocates
Prof. Glenn Morris
Prof. Maivan Clech Lam
Jose Luis Morin, Esq.
facilitator
Alejandro Molina
testimony & presentations
John Kaimikaua
Thomas Ah Yee
Malia Ah Yee
Lani Kapuni
Luana Hamakua
Noa Emmett Aluli
William Kalipi
Leimana Naki
Collette Machado
Anna Goodhue
Rachel Tortolini
Jane Lee
Kamakakaulani Kahikina
Sam Kealoha
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