Sana Saleem

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Sana Saleem is a Pakistani journalist and human rights activist who co-founded the not-for-profit free-speech group Bolo Bhi. [1] [2] Saleem was selected as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2014. [3] Sana completed her undergraduate course of study at the University of Texas at Austin before going on to receive her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver. [4]

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