On May 31, 2025, the people of Philadelphia conducted a People’s Tribunal to hold the United States Government, the U.S. Executive Branch, the U.S. Congress, & U.S. Senator John Fetterman and other designated members of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Congressional Delegation Accountable for Genocide & War Crimes in Gaza.
Hundreds of people attended in person at Friends Center and via Zoom. (People’s Tribunal on War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza)
Read and listen to WHYY’s coverage here.
View photos of the Tribunal here.
The jury, a group of nine community leaders representing a cross section of Philadelphia, are deliberating and will release their findings on July 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.
Register to attend the Tribunal Jury Findings Release Event.
The Tribunal was modeled after a grand jury hearing; the jury will determine if evidence of complicity was sufficient to warrant indictment of certain government institutions and specific state actors.