SHAM Yee-lan, the Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson, stands in front of the banner “They can’t kill us all” at Tarma Park in Hong Kong, Sunday, Mar 2, 2014.

After the former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to was attacked on Feb 26, 2014, press workers believed that violent incidents would significantly affect the freedom of speech in Hong Kong.