HONG KONG—Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and dissident of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday over his role in a pro-democracy assembly on Oct. 1, 2019. This month, Lai—who is already serving sentences adding up to 14 months for participating in similar demonstrations on Aug. 18 and Aug. 31, 2019—and nine other activists pleaded guilty in District Court to organizing an unauthorized assembly. He has been in jail since December after being denied bail in a separate “national security” trial, which has highlighted Beijing’s takeover of Hong Kong’s judicial system. Lai faces three charges under the new law, imposed on the former British colony by Beijing in 2020. Lai’s repeated arrests have drawn criticism from Western governments and international rights groups, who raised concerns over waning freedoms in the global financial hub, including freedom of speech and assembly. …