August 15, 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 Maui.
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
Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
Roselle Bailey
Leslie Kuloloio
Isaac Makee
Charles Maxwell
Dana Naone Hall
Mo Moeller
Ellen Cooper
Iwalani Shim
Florence Lani
Moani Minn
Alton DeGama
Janet Redo
Kaleikoa Kaeo
Apolonia Day
Bernice Hokoana
Murray & Violet English
Glenn Au
William Waiohu
Eric Kanakaole
Russell Kahookele
Philip Prais
Terry Lind
Tweetie Lind
Donya Fitzsimmons
Kekula Bray
Keoki Sousa
Richard Keohuhu
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