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Malala Yousafzai wins EU's Sakharov human rights prize [View all]
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
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.
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