who old was iqbal masih
He was 12-year-old. 4In 1994, Iqbal was awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award. 4In 2000, he was posthumously awarded The Worldâs Childrenâs Prize for the Rights of the Child. 4In January 2009, the United States Congress established the annual Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. Iqbalâs work and subsequent death inspired a 12 year old Canadian boy, Craig Kielburger to devote his life to Iqbalâs cause and organize Free The Children.