Dr Kevin Fernandez, Senior Lecturer, Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya

Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Fellow, Institut Masa Depan Malaysia

Zaid Malek, Director, Lawyers For Liberty

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre

Aira Azhari, Senior Manager, IDEAS

Associate Professor Dr Sabariah Mohamed Salleh, Head of Programme, Centre for Research in Media and Communication, UKM

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Radzi Razak, Spokesperson, Gerakan Media Merdeka (GERAMM)

Sharmila Sekaran, Chairperson, Voice of the Children

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Professorial fellow, North South University in Bangladesh

Rajes Paul, Sports Journalist, The Star

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Barathi Selvam, Senior Research Officer, Women's Aid Organisation

Dr Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid, Criminologist and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya