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Welcome to Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL). In this newsletter, we will share updates on situation in Hong Kong and Chinese for journalists and event by RIL and partnters. (Scroll down for Traditional Chinese version) Hong Kong: Independent Journalist Arrested over Protest-Anniversary Coverage Hong Kong police arrested Tang Ho-wing, founder of the independent outlet Boom News, on 30 September 2026 under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on suspicion of acting with “seditious intention.” The arrest followed Boom News’s 31 August coverage of a small gathering marking the seventh anniversary of the 2019 police crackdown on extradition-bill protests. Authorities said the gathering…

Welcome to the Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL) newsletter. In this issue, we share updates on recent developments in Hong Kong, including the latest court ruling involving former Hong Kong Alliance leaders and growing concerns over pressure on journalists, as well as updates on RIL’s recent activities and newly published reports. (Scroll down for the Traditional Chinese version.) RIL joins the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Resilience Innovation Lab has joined the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global network bringing together more than 350 organisations across over 65 countries working to preserve memory, promote truth and advance human…

Welcome to Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL). In this newsletter, we will share updates on further Hong Kong bookstore raids and latest RIL’s report. Hong Kong Bookstore Arrests Deepen Concerns over Censorship and Cross-border Publishing Hong Kong’s national security police arrested five people during coordinated raids on two independent bookstores on 15 July 2026, escalating a crackdown that had already targeted another bookseller in June. Officers searched Have a Nice Stay, founded by a former journalist, and the long-established Greenfield Bookstore, arresting two men and three women suspected of displaying and selling publications with “seditious intention.” Police alleged that the material…

Welcome to Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL). In this newsletter, we will share updates on Hong Kong’s new national security regulation, Hong Kong bookstore raid and latest RIL’s publication. Hong Kong’s New National Security Regulation Raises Fresh Fair-Trial and Human Rights Concerns On 9 June 2026, the Hong Kong government brought into immediate effect a new Safeguarding National Security (Procedural Matters) Regulation. The regulation says that when the Chief Executive certifies that conduct in a criminal case involves national security, the case will be treated as an “offence endangering national security” under Hong Kong’s National Security Law and the Safeguarding National…

Welcome to Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL) ! Apologies for the late delivery of this newsletter as we have accomplished several events in May and June. In this newsletter, we will discuss the latest development of information access in Hong Kong, and share our fruits from events in London, UK. Civil Society Response to the Tightened Information Environment in Hong Kong In our previous issue, we highlighted the increasing constraints on the information environment in Hong Kong, particularly focusing on the alarming trend of public data being removed from government platforms. This month, we are heartened to see the Hong Kong…

Welcome to Resilience Innovation Lab (RIL). In this newsletter, we share highlights from g0v Summit 2026 and preview our first quarterly Threat Intelligence update, launching in June. Highlights from g0v Summit 2026 g0v Summit 2026 was held in Taipei on 23–24 May under the theme “Power to the People”. The summit brought together civic technologists, journalists, researchers, designers, and civil society practitioners to discuss open data, digital rights, public participation, and democratic resilience. One Hong Kong-related session, “Open Work in a Closed Era: Loss and Regeneration of Hong Kong’s Public Data”, looked at how public data in Hong Kong has…