Ivan Lam Long-yin (, born 18 July 1994) is a student who together with
Joshua Wong established the Hong Kong student activist group,
Scholarism
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, in May 2011.
In 2018, he replaced
Nathan Law as the chairperson of
Demosisto. In December 2020, Lam was sentenced to seven months in prison for his role during the 2019 protests. Along with him, activists
Joshua Wong and
Agnes Chow
Agnes Chow Ting ( zh, t=周庭, born 3 December 1996) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. She is a former member of the Standing Committee of Demosistō and former spokesperson of Scholarism. Her candidacy for the 2018 Hong Kong Is ...
were also convicted.
On 12 April 2021, he was released from prison.
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Living people
1994 births
Hong Kong democracy activists
Demosistō politicians
Prisoners and detainees of Hong Kong
Hong Kong political prisoners
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