PAKISTANI TEEN MALALA YOUSAFZAI WINS EU HUMAN RIGHT PRICE

 

 

16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the education advocate who won the European Union's annual human rights award Oct. 10, is also a favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

   Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot on a school bus by the Taliban last October for campaigning on behalf of education for girls, has won the European Union's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought. Past winners include Nelson Mandela and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.