DHAKA: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s teenage activist, on Thursday was awarded the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

‘Today, we decided to let the world know that our hope for a better future stands in young people like Malala Yousafzai,’ said the chairman of the conservative European People’s Party (EPP), reports The Straits Times.

Three jailed Belarussian dissidents and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had also been short-listed for the Parliament’s Sakharov prize.

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