MALALA YOUSAFZAI Won SAKHAROV HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE

The European Parliament President Martin Schulz presented the award to the 16-year-old  Malala at a ceremony in Strasbourg, Francede. She dicated the award to "the unsung heroes of Pakistan" and to human rights campaigners worldwide.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education won the European Union's (EU) Sakharov human rights prize 2013 on 10 October 2013.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on 17 September 2013.

Malala doesn’t deserve rights prize: Taliban

The Pakistani Taliban on oct 9 said teenage activist Malala Yousafzai had done “nothing” to deserve a prestigious EU rights award and vowed to try again to kill her.

 “She has done nothing. The enemies of Islam are awarding her because she has left Islam and has became secular,” TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.

“She is getting awards because she is working against Islam. Her struggle against Islam is the main reason for getting these awards.”

He repeated the TTP’s threat — made numerous times in recent months — to try again to kill Malala, “even in America or the UK”.