As part of our work, the ACLU of Hawai‘i issues reports, webinars, surveys and other advocacy materials on civil liberties and civil rights in Hawai‘i.
In August 2022, the ACLU of Hawaiʻi sent the following Policy Memo to all Gubernatorial Candidates in the 2022 Primary Election:
Aloha,
August 19, 2022
The ACLU of Hawai‘i staff would like to Mahalo all those who made their voices heard in the 2022 legislative session.
June 7, 2022Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve advocated, lobbied, filed amicus briefs, written in the newspapers, appeared on tv, marched, rallied, and spoke out to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our jails and prisons. We warned that a COVID19 outbreak in Hawaii’s prisons and
September 24, 2021The ACLU of Hawaiʻi Foundation (“ACLU of Hawaiʻi”) has learned that the County of Maui (“County”) has started, and is continuing, sweeps to forcibly evict people and their belongings from Pu‘uhonua o Kanaha—a houseless encampment on Amala Place near Kanahā Beach Park.
September 22, 2021The ACLU of Hawaiʻi Foundation (“ACLU of Hawaiʻi”) has learned that the County of Maui (“County”) has started, and is continuing, sweeps to forcibly evict people and their belongings from Pu‘uhonua o Kanaha—a houseless encampment on Amala Place near Kanahā Beach Park.
September 22, 2021In April of this year, two unarmed people of color – Iremamber Sykap and Lindani Myeni – were killed by Honolulu police.
August 19, 2021