Children detained, blinded with pellet guns in Indian held Kashmir: Mazari.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari Thursday lashed out at Indian security forces in held Kashmir for brutally assaulting children in the valley.

While commenting on a tweet by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore, the minister lamented that the world body showed no concern 'over the continuing brutal attacks on Kashmiri children by an Indian Occupation Force blinding them by using pellet guns and incarceration them in prisons across India'.

Sadly no concern over the continuing brutal attacks on Kashmiri children by an Indian Occupation Force blinding them by using pellet guns and incarceration them in prisons across India. Selective raising of concern on #ChildrenUnderAttack unacceptable https://t.co/msbuBIynLd

- Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) October 10, 2019

In another tweet, Mazari quoted an Indian news report regarding the hate speech of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader against Muslims and Christians.

She said: 'In 2014 the world was warned of BJP's ethnic cleansing agenda - but we ignored it as a mere rant coming from an extremist! Now...

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