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Professor Zaharom Nain, Author of the Malaysia Country Report, Reuters Institute's 2024 Digital News Report

Louw Nel, Senior Political Analyst, Oxford Economics Africa

Dr Rahul Mishra, Senior Lecturer, University of Malaya

Dr Olsi Jazexhiu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, International Islamic University Malaysia

Cédric Alviani, Director, RSF Asia-Pacific Bureau

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Center for Independent Journalism

Yanitha Meena, Analyst, Institute of Strategic & International Studies Malaysia (ISIS Malaysia)

Dr Dr Anas Iqtait , Assistant Professor, Central Asia Studies of Australian National University

Gerald Feierstein, Senior Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy, Middle East Institute

Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, The Institute for Policy Studies

Raja Khalidi, Director General, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute

Gordon Fairclough, World Coverage Chief, Wall Street Journal

Professor Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

Jean Encinas-Franco, Professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines