OVER A CENTURY LATER - THE ILLEGAL US OCCUPATION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
An independent neutral nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom, was invaded and overthrown by the US, a foreign state.
Since then the US has unlawfully occupied Hawai`i for well over a century.
In January 1893, John L. Stevens, the US ambassador to Hawai`i conspired with 13 civilian businessmen to seize control of the Hawaiian Islands.
He proceeded to have 164 marines, armed with rifles and canon, disembark from the USS Boston. They camped and set up their canon to direct fire against Queen Lili`uokalani’s Palace.
The US declared Hawaiian nationals US citizens.
Yet, Hawaiian nationals never consented to their nation being ceded to the US, the loss of their Hawaiian nationality, nor to becoming US citizens.
In fact, all treaties between the Nation of Hawai`i and the United States of America including the treaty of Friendship, Commerce, Navigation and Extradition of 1850 have never been lawfully terminated.
The US established the “Committee of Safety,” later the “Provisional Government,” and finally the “Republic of Hawai`i.”
They remained in power only by the presence and threat of the US military.
Thus, right to self-determination was and is to this very day, being violated by the United States by their unlawful occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The United States still has an occupational government over the Hawaiian Kingdom called the “State of Hawai`i.”
