On July 3, 2023, the Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for eight overseas-based Hong Kong human rights defenders accusing them of serious offenses including under the controversial National Security Law. The eight accused of foreign collusion and incitement to secession are human rights defenders Nathan Law, Anna Kwok, Finn Lau, Dennis Kwok, Ted Hui, Kevin Yam, Mung Siu-tat and Yuan Gong-yi.