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Alaska And Hawaii Seek To End ‘Illegal US Occupation’
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A human rights group will ask the UN Human Right Council next week to create a referenda to allow people from Alaska and Hawaii to vote on whether or not they wish to remain part of the United States of America.
According to the group, Washington has illegally occupied Alaska and Hawaii since 1959.
Rt.com reports:
Both territories were listed in 1946 as Non Self-Governing Territories under article 73 of the UN Charter. The status theoretically subjected Alaska and Hawaii to decolonization. In both referenda were held over whether they would become fully-fledged states of the USA, which both did in 1959.
Both territories were listed in 1946 as Non Self-Governing Territories under article 73 of the UN Charter. The status theoretically subjected Alaska and Hawaii to decolonization. In both referenda were held over whether they would become fully-fledged states of the USA, which both did in 1959.
Critics of the transition, including the Alaska-Hawaii Alliance for Self-Determination, accuse the US federal government of failing to hold the ballots properly, which they say should have involved offering and explaining to the people the option for becoming an independent state rather than part of the US.
The group wants the UN to pressure the US over what they call a violation of UN charter and international law. It accuses Washington of mistreating indigenous peoples of Alaska and Hawaii living under what it calls American ‘occupation’.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2015/05/alaska-and-hawaii-seek-to-end-illegal-us-occupation/
