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Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, might be extradited to Japan
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Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, might be extradited to Japan

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By Tycoon Herald 3 Min Read Published July 22, 2024
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Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, might be extradited to Japan

Paul Watson, then founder and President of the animal rights and environmental Sea Shepherd Conservation, attends an illustration in opposition to the Costa Rican authorities close to Germany’s presidential residence throughout a go to of Costa Rica’s president in Berlin in Might 2012. Greenland police stated they arrested Watson on Sunday on a global arrest warrant issued by Japan.

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BERLIN — Greenland police stated they arrested a veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner on Sunday on a global arrest warrant issued by Japan.

Paul Watson was arrested when his ship docked in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, a police assertion stated. He will likely be introduced earlier than a district courtroom with a request to detain him pending a choice on his potential extradition to Japan, the assertion stated.

The Captain Paul Watson Basis stated that greater than a dozen police boarded the vessel and led Watson away in handcuffs when it stopped to refuel. The inspiration stated the ship, together with 25 volunteer crew members, was en path to the North Pacific on a mission to intercept a brand new Japanese whaling ship.

“The arrest is believed to be related to a former Red Notice issued for Captain Watson’s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic region,” the muse stated in an emailed assertion.

Japan Embraces Commercial Whaling, Pulls Out Of Global Alliance That Banned It

“We implore the Danish government to release Captain Watson and not entertain this politically-motivated request,” Locky MacLean, a basis director, stated within the assertion.

Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society whose direct motion techniques, together with high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels, has drawn assist from A-list celebrities and featured within the actuality tv collection “Whale Wars.”

Nonetheless, it has additionally introduced him into confrontation with authorities. He was detained in Germany in 2012 on a Costa Rican extradition warrant, however skipped bail after studying that he was additionally looked for extradition by Japan, which has accused him of endangering whalers’ lives throughout operations within the Antarctic Ocean. He has since lived in international locations together with France and the US.

Watson, who left Sea Shepherd in 2022 to ascertain his personal group, was additionally a number one member of Greenpeace, however left in 1977 amid disagreements over his aggressive techniques.

In keeping with his basis, Watson’s present ship, the M/Y John Paul DeJoria, was resulting from sail via the Northwest Passage to the North Pacific to confront a newly constructed Japanese manufacturing facility whaling ship, “a murderous enemy devoid of compassion and empathy hell bent on destroying the most intelligent self-aware sentient beings in the sea.”

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