Malala awarded EU human rights prize
To thunderous applause announcing the European Parliament prize, the assembly’s president Martin Schulz praised the 16-year- old activist as “a survivor, a heroine and an extraordinary young woman” and said: “You have given hope to millions of people.”
Malala, dressed in orange and with her father Ziauddin at her side, became the 25th winner of the Sakharov prize at the ceremony significantly held on World Children’s Day, with 21 of the former winners present.
