Nalini Elumalai, Senior Programme Manager, Article 19 (Malaysia)

Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Law Yao Hua, Co-founder, Macaranga | Wong Siew Lyn, Co-Founder, Macaranga

Dr Benjamin Loh, Director, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Impact Lab, Taylor's University

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism | Zan Azlee, Independent Journalist

Greg Barns, Senior Counsel and Adviser to Australian Assange campaign

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)

Kris Cheng, Journalist, Voice of America

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Daniel Bastard, Head of Asia-Pacific Desk, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Ding Jo-Ann, Advocate for Media Freedom and Independence & Principal (Asia), Luminate

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder & Former CEO, Malaysiakini

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Zurairi A.R., Journalist

Dr Rachel Gong, Deputy Director, Khazanah Research Institute | Premesh Chandran, Co-founder and former CEO of Malaysiakini and Asia Pacific Executive Director of Open Society Foundations

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore | Tehmina Kaoosji, Independent Broadcast Journalist