Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban
assassination attempt last year, today received the EU’s Sakharov human
rights prize at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
Malala Yousafzai, dedicated the award to “the unsung heroes of Pakistan” and to human rights campaigners worldwide
Note
The Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the European Parliament
annually in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
The 50,000—euro (USD 65,000) prize is considered Europe’s top human rights award
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