Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai win Peace Nobel
12 Oct 2014 5:01 AM IST
Satyarthi, 60, who runs a non-governmental organisation in India that has been at the forefront of rescuing children from forced labour and trafficking. Malala,17, shot to fame after the Taliban militants pumped bullets into her head for advocating education for girls.
‘The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education,’ the jury said.
Satyarthi, who runs Bachpan Bachao Aandolan (Save Childhood Movement), has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, ‘focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,’ the Nobel committee said.
The Committee said it ‘regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.’
Malala, who was nominated in the peace prize category in 2013, had displayed tremendous courage even after the Taliban attack when she resolutely expressed her determination to carry on with her campiagn for child rights and girls education especially in a country like Pakistan. She has become the youngest Nobel laureate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Indian child rights activist for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that he devoted his life to a cause ‘extremely relevant to entire humankind’.
‘Congratulations to Kailash Satyarthi on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The entire nation is proud of his momentous achievement,’ he said in a tweet. ‘Kailash Satyarthi has devoted his life to a cause that is extremely relevant to entire humankind. I salute his determined efforts,’ he added.
Modi also congratulated Pakistani girl child education campaigner Malala Yousufzai, saying her ‘life is a journey of immense grit and courage’.
Amnesty International on on Friday praised Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for willing to promote the ‘rights of the world’s most vulnerable children’. ‘The work of Satyarthi and Yousafzai represents the struggle of millions of children around the world,’ Amnesty Secretary General Salil Shetty said in a statement.
‘Satyarthi has dedicated his life to helping millions of children in India who are forced into slavery and work in torrid conditions,’ he said about the Indian activist. ‘His award is an acknowledgement of the tireless, decades-long campaigning by civil society activists on child trafficking and child labour in India,’ Shetty added.
‘The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education,’ the jury said.
Satyarthi, who runs Bachpan Bachao Aandolan (Save Childhood Movement), has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, ‘focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,’ the Nobel committee said.
The Committee said it ‘regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.’
Malala, who was nominated in the peace prize category in 2013, had displayed tremendous courage even after the Taliban attack when she resolutely expressed her determination to carry on with her campiagn for child rights and girls education especially in a country like Pakistan. She has become the youngest Nobel laureate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Indian child rights activist for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that he devoted his life to a cause ‘extremely relevant to entire humankind’.
‘Congratulations to Kailash Satyarthi on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The entire nation is proud of his momentous achievement,’ he said in a tweet. ‘Kailash Satyarthi has devoted his life to a cause that is extremely relevant to entire humankind. I salute his determined efforts,’ he added.
Modi also congratulated Pakistani girl child education campaigner Malala Yousufzai, saying her ‘life is a journey of immense grit and courage’.
Amnesty International on on Friday praised Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for willing to promote the ‘rights of the world’s most vulnerable children’. ‘The work of Satyarthi and Yousafzai represents the struggle of millions of children around the world,’ Amnesty Secretary General Salil Shetty said in a statement.
‘Satyarthi has dedicated his life to helping millions of children in India who are forced into slavery and work in torrid conditions,’ he said about the Indian activist. ‘His award is an acknowledgement of the tireless, decades-long campaigning by civil society activists on child trafficking and child labour in India,’ Shetty added.
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