FILE PHOTO: Haseena Malik shows a photograph of her son Uzair Maqbool Malik at her house in south Kashmir's Shopian town September 19, 2019. Picture taken September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir's most prominent lawyers, accused of being "an incorrigible secessionist".
Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga have something in common: they are among hundreds of people who have been detained without trial by Indian authorities following a crackdown in the disputed region of Kashmir and moved to jails far from home.
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