When the Taliban killed over a hundred teachers and children in Peshawar, Pakistan one brave activist refused to stay silent. On Tuesday, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai released a statement that condemns the "atrocious and cowardly" attacks on the school in Pakistan.

As reported by The Guardian, she says, "Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this. I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of Pakistan whose efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable."

Malala is joined by Gordan Brown, the United Nations special envoy for global education, in a stand against the attack. He said, "No one has the right to deny a boy or girl their education... We will stand alongside the parents and the children against the Taliban's refusal to recognize every child has the right to education."

Although the Taliban has declared the massacre as an act of revenge for the army offensive against extremists near Khyber, Ahmed Rashid, an expert on the Taliban, believes the attack was aimed at supporters of Malala.

A few days before the Peshawar massacre, the Taliban announced that the Nobel Peace prize award was promoting "Western culture and not education", and by accepting the honor, Malala had "forged a pact with 'Western satanic forces'".

For those that may not know, on December 16^th, 126 men, women and children were killed in a school in northwest Pakistan.

Malala Yousafzai, however, is not one to be intimidated, "I, along with millions of others around the world, mourn these children, my brothers and sisters - but we will never be defeated," she said.