Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and former media baron, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of subversion and collusion under a Beijing-decreed national security law.The founder of the now-folded Apple Daily was given the heaviest sentence ever handed down among some 160 people convicted since the security legislation came into force in 2020.The sentencing was being closely watched as a yardstick for civil rights in the semiautonomous Chinese region, especially amid Lai's deteriorating health during the around five years he has spent in detentio…READ FULL ARTICLE