The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to student Malala Yousafzai Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi. This was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on Friday. Thus their commitment against the oppression of young people and their right to education will appreciated. Children should have the opportunity to go to school, and must be protected from exploitation, said the Nobel committee.
The 17-year-old Malala was traded last year as the favorite for the award. On the young girl the Taliban in 2012 an assassination perpetrated because they campaigned for the right to education. She had reported in 2009 in a blog for the BBC about her life under the reign of terror of the Islamists. After she had recovered from the head shot, she continued her fight.
She became a symbol for the equal rights of women in Islamic countries worldwide.
The jury described the young woman as an example, that children and young people can contribute to improving their situation.
Nobel Prize:In the tradition of Ghandi
The 60-year-old Indian Satyarthi have proved in the tradition of Gandhi great courage, the Comittee explained his decision. He had many peaceful demonstrations and protests led, directed against the exploitation of children.
The award is valued at eight million Swedish kronor (about 874,000 Euros). Last year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was honored.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded only one of the prestigious awards not in Stockholm, but by a jury in Oslo. There he is also presented on December 10, the anniversary of the death of dynamite inventor and founder Alfred Nobel Price.
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