August 18-19, 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 two-day proceedings on the island of Hawai‘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
Kamuela Chun
John Kaimikaua
Kalani Kahalepauole
Genesis LeeLoy
Michael Trask
Larry Kimura
Gabriel Kealoha
Abraham Kamakawiwoole
Rhoda Simeona
Henry Ho'omanawanui
Milnor Lum
Kelii "Skippy" Ioane
Melissa Moniz
Kimo Pihana
Gerianne Perreira
Ginger Kahapea
Clara Kakalia
Bert Kauhi
Pele Hanoa
Keolalani Hanoa
Sam Kaluna
Abel Simeona Lui
John Kalani
Simbralynn Esperon
Lehua Lopez
Palikapu Dedman
Walter Keliiokekai Paulo
Charles Etok Edwardson, Jr.
Louisa Kauhane
Mahealani Pai
Kaeo Kekoa
Sonny Kaniho
Violet Mamac
Hank Fergerstrom
Kuulei Hank Kekai
Norman Keanaaina
Clarence Medeiros
Joe Nakea
Florence Lerback
Jimmy Akiona
Wattie Mae Hedeman
Lindsey Lindsey
Liko Martin
Sylvester Kepelino
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