Hawzah News Agency - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has censured India’s crackdown on Kashmir, warning the New Delhi government of a Muslim uprising in support of the people of the disputed Muslim-majority region.

The Muslim-majority Himalayan region has been in a crippling lockdown since New Delhi announced it was removing the region’s special status on August 5. Since then, India has flooded the region with military forces, drawing widespread criticism.

A recent government data showed that authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir detained about 4,000 people in the crackdown over the past weeks.

Speaking at a rally in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, on Friday, Imran Khan condemned India’s clampdown in Kashmir, saying, “No brave man will subject women and children to atrocities.”

“You won’t be successful no matter how much cruelties you inflict. Because they have overcome the fear of death, you can’t defeat them,” he said, addressing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Khan warned India that its clampdown on Kashmiris and the detention of thousands of people there, will push people to “rise against India, and it is not just about Indian Muslims, there are 1.25 billion Muslims around the world. They all are watching this.”