"It can be called whatever they want to call it, but I was kidnapped from the St. Louis airport. Fortunately my son Reza was with me otherwise who knows what could have happened. You can be made to disappear very easily," Hashemi told the crowd attending the rally.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n
The arrest had a lot to do "with where I live and related to the work I do," she added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n All out to support #MarziehHashemi<\/a> today at Grand Central in New York! End the repression of journalists who stand against racism and imperialism! #WeAreAllMarzieh<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/cxY73xxJPr<\/a><\/p>\r\n— Workers World Party (@workersworld) January 26, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n Similar rallies were also held in the Australian city of Melbourne, where they also slammed US authorities for forcibly removing Hashemi's hijab (the head covering for Muslim women) in custody.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Activistas #australianos<\/a> han manifestado en #Melbourne<\/a> su solidaridad con #MarzieHashemi<\/a> por la detención sufrida en #EEUU<\/a> People also gathered outside the US embassy in London, the United Kingdom, to express their anger at the US legal system.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The protesters chanted slogans in support of Hashemi and carried placards that read, "Journalism is not a crime."<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Speaking to Press TV, Ahmed Haneef, an Islamic cleric, said, "I think Marzieh Hashemi is a symbol. [She is] a symbol of the dangerous situation Muslims are in or non-Muslims are in, not only in the United States but in many countries of the world where we have been victims of Islamophobia."<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20190125\/dd14d8e8-599d-4aaf-b777-81d9a7a6fbcc.jpg\")
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