EU freedom prize awarded to Malala

The EU has awarded a prize for freedom of thought to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Source: AAP

THE European Parliament's Sakharov prize for freedom of thought has gone to Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for female education who survived a gunshot to the head by the Taliban, lawmakers announced on Thursday.

"Malala personifies the fight for education for girls in areas where respect for women and their basic rights are completely ignored," said EU lawmaker Joseph Daul, the chairman of the European People's Party, the largest group in parliament.

"She is an icon of courage for all teenagers who dare to pursue their aspirations and, like a candle, she lights a path out of darkness," Daul added.

Other nominees included Edward Snowden, the former NSA employee who blew the whistle on US surveillance practices and is now in temporary asylum in Russia, as well as Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a jailed one-time political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Sakharov Prize will be presented on November 20. Malala is also a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Last year, the EU prize went to Iranian human rights activists Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi.

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