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Amnesty International hacks abandoned Norwegian radio station to broadcast distress signal

on Dec 5, 2017 | 0 comments

By Shawn Lim

Amnesty International has broadcast a distress signal with a dramatic message as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the plight of 34-year-old Teodora del Carmen Vasquez, who is currently serving a prison sentence of 30 years for suffering a stillbirth in El Salvador, where abortion is a crime under any circumstance.

Norway recently became the first country in the world to shut down their FM radio band, and Amnesty International discovered a loophole to broadcast the first distress signal appearing on the Norwegian FM-band since World War II.

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Source: The Drum