Malala Yousafzai wins EU's Sakharov human rights prize

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has won the EU's Sakharov human rights prize.

The 16-year-old activist was shot a year ago for campaigning for better rights for girls.

The Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the European Parliament annually in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.

US whistleblower Edward Snowden had been a contender for the prize

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24475305

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Malala Yousafzai says she does not deserve Nobel Peace Prize on anniversary of shooting http://www.news.com.au/world-news/malalayousafzai-says-she-does-not-deserve-nobel-peace-prize-on-anniversary-of-shooting/story-fndir2ev-1226736471432

In the absence of actually doing anything to promote peace that's hardly surprising.

[davidpdx]

1. I think she does deserve it and am hoping she wins

I saw her on the Daily Show and it was funny when Jon Stewart made her crack a smile. She even made a joke about throwing a shoe.

[s-cubed]

2. Promoting the education and welfare of girls and women IS promoting peace. nt

[lastlib]

4. Her speech to the UN certainly helps make the case.

I am in awe of that young lady!

[samsingh]

3. she spoke openly in Pakistan and took education

that is very brave and she deserves the prize.

and she's speaking out today after almost being killed. She is an inspiring person.

[BronxBoy]

5. What's your problem?

Resistance to warlike attitudes, to the point of getting shot in the head, certainly promotes peace

[struggle4progress]

6. Malala Yousafzai Awarded Sakharov Prize

by Scott Neuman
October 10, 2013 9:43 AM

... Earlier this week, that the way forward in Pakistan was to open a dialogue with her attackers.

She campaigned actively for girls' access to school in the Swat Valley area of northwestern Pakistan, which has become a battleground in recent years between Pakistani forces and Taliban militants who oppose education for girls. On Oct. 9, 2012, her school bus was flagged down and boarded by gunmen who identified her by name and shot her in the head.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/10/231417018/malala-yousafzai-awarded-sakharov-prize

[Ash_F]

7. I saw an interview with her on the daily show.

It was hard not to cry. I think Jon Stewart almost did.

[Ash_F]

8. I just saw your commentary dipsydoodle

I think if you look at some of the things she has said since then, you might see why she could be nominated. I recommend the daily show interview I refereed to earlier.

[joshcryer]

9. Should've got the Nobel Peace Prize.

The fact that she said she didn't deserve it underscores that.

[dipsydoodle]

10. At least she was being honest.

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[joshcryer]

11. Those who don't want it, deserve it the most.