A Hong Kong court charged three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including media mogul Jimmy Lai with unauthorized assembly for taking part in a vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre. Tom Grundy the editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong Free Press talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the impact on press freedom on the island.
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