stephen sackur interviews the president of the jammu and kashmir people's movement shah faesal. nce recording this interview yesterday, there are reports today that mr shah has been detained by the authorities in delhi and prevented from leaving the country. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. when the indian government revoked the special autonomous status of jammu and kashmir, it knew outrage would follow, which is why delhi has the muslim majority himalayan territory in a form of lockdown. troops patrol the streets, hundreds of local politicians and activists have been detained, and communication links have been cut. my guest today is shah faesal, leader of the jammu and kashmir people's movement. how will kashmiris channel their anger, and how much support will they get? shah faesal, in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. there you sit in india's capital, but i'm sure your thoughts are with the people of kashmir. what are the latest reports you are hearing of what is happening in your home territory in terms of the curfew and the lockdown? because indian aut

shah faesal in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much.re you sit in india's capital, but i'm sure your thoughts are with the people of kashmir. what are the latest reports you are hearing of what is happening in your home territory in terms of the curfew and the lockdown? because indian authorities say they have begun to gradually ease it. it is the eighth day of curfew, and the news that i am getting from kashmir is that it continues to be the same — around 8 million people continue to be under incarceration, roads are deserted, mosques are closed. it is very hard to move around, the communication system is completely down. telephone lines are not working, mobile phones. people living outside kashmir have been unable to talk to their families for the past eight days. there is a shortage of food materials, people are unable to figure out what is happening. there has been an absolute clampdown on the protests, and the presence of security forces has been unprecedented. people are unable to reach out to their political leaders. all politica

and shah faesal, as well as many of the leaders who were arrested, are, in fact, people who were seenpro-india in the valley. they were seen by kashmiris as being a part of a middle ground that was arguing for continuing the relationship with india and remaining part of the indian union. so what the indian government has now done is to completely lock all those people up. and so a lot of kashmiri people totold us thatat, look, those wo were singing praises of india are the ones that india has locked up today. so that's a message to us that we should not, you know, place faith in the indian political process and democratic process anymore. amy: i want to ask you about indian prime minister modi saying kashmir's previous status was unjust for kashmiri women because they lost their inheritance rights if manning a person outside the region. your response to modi implying he was doing this for the women of kashmir? >> the kashmiri women have the best response to this. they said, look, we are fighting patriarchy but so are you. women are fighting country are key all over the world but who a