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Inside the Hong Kong newsrooms stifled by fear after Jimmy Lai’s conviction

After Keir Starmer failed to secure Jimmy Lai’s release during his visit to China, journalists in Hong Kong tell Shweta Sharma how the British media mogul’s conviction has all but declawed the city’s press

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