Malala Yousafzai wins United Nations Human Rights award

Pakistani brave-heart Malala Yousafzai has won the 2013 UN Human Rights award for her outstanding contribution in the field of human rights. The Pak teenager came into limelight after she defied Talibans and was being shot in the head by them last October for promoting girls’ education in the region.

“The Prize is an opportunity not only to give public recognition to the achievements of the recipients themselves, but also to send a clear message to human rights defenders the world over that the international community is grateful for, and supports, their tireless efforts to promote all human rights for all,” the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement.

Along with Malala, UN Human Rights also awarding five other activists including Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice, Former President of the Morocco Association for Human Rights Khadija Ryadi, son of freed slaves who works to eradicate slavery Biram Dah Abeid of Mauritania, campaigner from Kosovo for the rights of short statured people Hiljmnijeta Apuk and President emeritus of the World Federation of the Deaf Liisa Kauppinen.

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