Malala receives top Amnesty award

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen activist shot in the head last year by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, and American singer, human rights and social justice activist Harry Belafonte has received the highest honour conferred by rights group Amnesty International.

Ms. Yousafzai received the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award on along with American singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte at a ceremony in Dublin.

“I’ve written a short speech, because I had to finish my homework,” the 16-year-old schoolgirl told the gathering at Mansion House in Dublin.