united-states
Is it legal to give, or attempt to give, material, financial, etc. support to an insurrection, rebellion, etc. occurring in another country?
<p>Suppose I've just learned that citizens of Hong Kong have decided to rebel against the Chinese government and are soliciting monetary donations from persons living in the United States. If I were to donate to the rebellion, would I be in violation of US law?</p>

<p>Probably not at present. Under <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2339B" rel="nofollow noreferrer">18 USC 2339B</a>, it is a crime to provide material support to a <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182#a_3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">foreign terrorist organization</a>, a designation made according to under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The whole section containing that determination is <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8 USC 1182</a>, then go to <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182#a_3_B_vi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(vi)</a> (not VI) (vi) <em>“Terrorist organization” defined</em>. Because clause III says that an organization is a terrorist organization if it engages in acts defined as terrorism (the preceding clauses either refers you to a <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1189" rel="nofollow noreferrer">different section</a> of title 8, or a published designation by the Sec'y of State), you cannot be certain by looking it up whether a given organization is a terrorist organization. <a href="https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This</a> is the current list, and there isn't anything obviously Hong Kong related.</p>
