Released from prison, Paul Watson announces he is going to Marseille to spend the Christmas holidays

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After five months of detention, Paul Watsonfamous Canadian environmental activist announced, in a video, that he was going to Marseille to spend the Christmas holidays there, specify our colleagues from France 3.

He was released from prison on December 17, 2024.

Paul Watson in Marseille for Christmas

Paul Watson has announced that he will go to France and spend the holidays in the Marseille city, where his wife and two sons live.

On his X account, the French branch of Paul Watson’s organization, Sea Shepherdexpressed his relief: “Paul is free! “. Among the reactions, that of Benoît Payan, the mayor of the Marseille city, was not long in coming: “Paul Watson is now free to move,” he declared on Tuesday.

“This is a relief for all environmental defenders. I once again salute its commitment to safeguarding biodiversity. Marseille mobilized very early on alongside the environmental activist to ask Denmark not to extradite him to Japan.

Japan accuses Paul Watson

Japan which, precisely, relaunched a request issued in 2012 via an Interpol red notice and accuses Paul Watson of being involved in the damage and injuries on board a Japanese whaling ship, two years earlier, in the part of a campaign led by Sea Shepherd.

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