Hyderabad, Sept. 18 -- A worldwide Twitter storm in support of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was held on Friday. The hashtag #free_sister_aafia was trending in 16 countries.

A Twitter storm is when supporters of a particular cause tweet a common hashtag simultaneously to make it trending on the platform. It is done with the intention of creating awareness and alarm the authorities that the particular cause has popular support. The Twitter storm was initiated by Fowzia Siddiqui, the sister of Aafia Siddiqui.

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was reportedly kidnapped with her three children in 2003 and allegedly tortured, raped, and imprisoned by U.S. forces in Bagram prison, according to Geo TV. Bagram prison was a US-run facility in Afghanistan famous for brutal...