Paul Watson was arrested by Danish authorities in Greenland on Sunday. He was arrested “on the basis of the Interpol Red Notice, which was issued in 2012 following the Japanese arrest warrant.”
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“The President of the Republic is following the situation closely and France is intervening with the Danish authorities to ensure that Paul Watson is not extradited to Japan.”the Elysée Palace told franceinfo on Tuesday, July 23. Paul Watson, founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd, was arrested Sunday in Greenland by Danish police. He risks extradition to Japan for opposing whaling vessels.
Paul Watson was arrested on his ship which had just docked on Sunday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to refuel for a“intercept” Japan’s new whaling factory ship in the North Pacific, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) said in a statement. Japan is, along with Norway and Iceland, one of the last three countries in the world that still practices commercial whaling.
