In the midst of actions against the massacre at Shopian, Kashmiris held a candle light protest in solidarity with Asifa Bano, the little girl so monstrously tortured, raped, & murdered in Jammu, & with the Syrian children of Eastern Ghouta, March 4th in Srinagar. Extending solidarity to others who are also oppressed is a hallmark of the Kashmiri struggle against occupation & for self-determination. They have rallied for Syrians, Palestinians, Rohingya, Central Africans, & others.
“They are those who celebrate our death, They are those who celebrate our death,
I don’t know how hard a heart has to be to Celebrate the Death of Innocent Civilians,
I don’t know how hard a heart has to be to Celebrate the Death of Children,
I don’t know how hard a heart has to be to Celebrate the Blindness of a Kid,
I don’t know how hard a heart has to be to Celebrate the Rape of a Child,
Their hearts are Dead, Their hearts are Dead, but ours are alive,
They are Alive in the Songs we sing for our martyers,
They are Alive in the Tears we shed for our Children,
They are Alive in the Stones we throw at our Oppressors,
They are Alive in the Stories we tell our History,
They are Alive in the Flowers our Mothers Rained on the Coffins of Rebels,
They are Alive in the way we Laugh when there are no Tears left,
They are Alive in the Books we tell our Stories,
They are Alive in the lines we Bear Witness,
They are Alive in the way we fight our Oppressor,
They are Alive in the way we fight our Oppressor,
They are Alive in the way we fight our Oppressor.”
