The lawyer for imprisoned Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai woke up on Tuesday morning to 11 threats of rape and dismemberment, she told a London panel discussion.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC warned that tech companies, including the UK’s largest media business Google, are not doing enough to protect journalists and their sources.

Tortoise Media founder and editor James Harding also spoke at the event and warned that former Conservative attorney general Michael Ellis has placed journalists in danger with his attacks on the BBC.