Nobel Peace Prizes awarded in Oslo
- 9 years ago
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi received their Nobel Peace Prizes Wednesday after two days of celebration honoring their work for children's' rights.
Malala is by far the youngest laureate, widely praised for her global education campaigning since she was shot in the head on her school bus in 2012.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, MALALA YOUSAFZAI, SAYING:
"Well in fact I'm very proud, to be first Pashtun, the first Pakistani, and the youngest person to receive this award. Along with that, along with that I'm pretty certain that I'm also the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who still fights with her younger brothers. I want there to be peace everywhere, but my brothers and I are still working on that."
Satyarthi, who is credited with saving around 80,000 children from slave labor sometimes in violent confrontations, said apathy is the bigges
Malala is by far the youngest laureate, widely praised for her global education campaigning since she was shot in the head on her school bus in 2012.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, MALALA YOUSAFZAI, SAYING:
"Well in fact I'm very proud, to be first Pashtun, the first Pakistani, and the youngest person to receive this award. Along with that, along with that I'm pretty certain that I'm also the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who still fights with her younger brothers. I want there to be peace everywhere, but my brothers and I are still working on that."
Satyarthi, who is credited with saving around 80,000 children from slave labor sometimes in violent confrontations, said apathy is the bigges