Honoured yet again: Malala receives top Amnesty award
The 16-year-old said she was “truly honoured” to receive the award.
BRUSSELS/LONDON:
Rights group Amnesty International awarded Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai with highest honours on Tuesday by giving her the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award that she will share with American singer and rights activist Harry Belafonte. “Our two new ambassadors share a dedication to fight for human rights everywhere,” said Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty. The 16-year-old said she was “truly honoured” to receive the award. “I hope that we will one day realise our dream of education for every child, in every corner of the world,” she said. The teenage activist has also been nominated for European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize along with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose winner will be announced in October. Past winners of the $65,000 prize include South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 18th, 2013.
Rights group Amnesty International awarded Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai with highest honours on Tuesday by giving her the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award that she will share with American singer and rights activist Harry Belafonte. “Our two new ambassadors share a dedication to fight for human rights everywhere,” said Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty. The 16-year-old said she was “truly honoured” to receive the award. “I hope that we will one day realise our dream of education for every child, in every corner of the world,” she said. The teenage activist has also been nominated for European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize along with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose winner will be announced in October. Past winners of the $65,000 prize include South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 18th, 2013.