The detention in Greenland of whale conservationist Paul Watson, founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd, was extended on Wednesday, September 4, by twenty-eight days. The court decided that the 73-year-old Canadian should remain in detention until October 2, while the Danish Ministry of Justice examines the extradition request from Japan.
A next hearing has been set for October 2 and the environmental activist’s lawyers will appeal, announced the NGO Sea Shepherd France, which supports him, on the social network X.
Japan issued an international arrest warrant for him in 2010, accusing the environmental activist of breaking into a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean in 2010, causing bodily harm to the crew and damage to property.
The release of Paul Watson “is a necessity”reacted, Wednesday on X, the deputy of Côtes-d’Armor Hervé Berville, Secretary of State responsible for the sea and biodiversity. “Protecting marine biodiversity is a necessity and the defender of cetaceans must not be extradited”he added.
The Canadian was arrested on July 21 aboard his ship, the John-Paul-DeJoria-IIduring a stopover in the port of the capital of Greenland to refuel.
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