Yahoo Lifestyle 10 Militants Jailed For The Attempted Murder Of Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
A Pakistani court has jailed 10 men for involvement in the attack on schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in 2012.
The then 15-year old was shot in the head by militants for speaking out about girls' rights to education.
The men were tried in an anti-terrorist court in Swat, in north-west Pakistan, the BBC reports.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says that no local journalists were aware that the court case was taking place, so there is uncertainty as to the exact charges the men were facing and who the witnesses were.
A lawyer from the local District Bar Association told the BBC that "there were no open hearings".
Those convicted "had a role in the planning and execution of the assassination attempt on Malala", a police official in Swat told Reuters.
Little information is known about the trial because it was closed to journalists, but it seems justice has finally been served.
Since the attempt on her life, Malala and her family have been forced to move to the UK because of death threats.
But the now 17-year old, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, is more determined than ever to advocate for women’s education rights.
“They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed,” Malala said. “The only thing that changed [in my life] was that weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, fervour and courage was born. There was a time when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights, but this time we will do it by ourselves."
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