One of the most prestigious events this year, the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace winners, had been momentarily disrupted after a young man jumped on stage while Malala Yousafzai was receiving her award.
The young man, who was identified by his brother as Adan Cortes Salas, is reportedly a 21-year-old student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He claimed that his act of briefly interrupting the ceremony by waving the Mexican flag in front of the 17-year-old Nobel Prize for Peace recipient was an attempt to bring the world's attention to the situation suffered by his people in their country.
A background check on the young man also revealed that he came to Norway to seek political asylum.
According to Salas, his decision to seek attention by taking advantage of the event in Oslo stemmed from his desire to bring justice to the human rights victims in Mexico. Salas cited the disappearance and possible demise of the 43 Mexican teachers and college students in September.
"In Malala's case, they were killing female students, but in Mexico they kill male students too," Salas revealed.
Salas was immediately whisked away by Oslo City Hall security officials. He was meted out a fine of 15,000 kroner or around US$2,100 for disrupting the peaceful ceremony. Salas was then sent back to the asylum center. However, his brother, Austin Nitzar Cortés, revealed that Salas was exonerated for his violations after an "angel" paid his fine.
Meanwhile, Malala expressed neither shock nor fright over the incident. In fact, the Pakistani Nobel Laureate even extended her sympathy to the ongoing battle between the military and students in Mexico.
"As (he) was from Mexico, so there are problems in Mexico," Malala stated.
She also pointed out that it is imperative for the youth to fight back against the cruelties and evil plan to take over the society.
In her speech, Malala urged others who suffered injustices and discrimination to speak out and tell the world of their situation.
"I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is not," she asserted.
In his introduction of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Peace, Thorbjørn Jagland, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo shared:
"A conscience exists in the world which extends beyond all national boundaries, and is independent of religion, culture and social adherence: it states that children have a right to childhood; they have a right to go to school instead of being forced to work. They are not to start life as the slaves of others."
