The environmental activist and defender of whales Paul Watson he was released after Denmark’s decision not to extradite him to Japan, Greenland police said. “The Greenland Police notified Paul Watson and his lawyer of the Ministry of Justice’s decision on the extradition case. Paul Watson was then released at 8.46 local time (10.46 GMT),” the police said in a statement.
Denmark will not extradite Paul Watson to Japan: this was stated by the lawyer of the well-known environmentalist and founder of Sea Shepherd, who has long been committed against whaling, who has been in a Greenland prison since last July after being arrested on the base of an international mandate issued by Tokyo.
The activist said his detention in Greenland had “drawn attention to the illegality” of Japanese whaling. “My arrest has drawn the international community’s attention to Japan’s continued illegal whaling operations,” he said after being released following Denmark’s decision not to extradite him to Japan. “These five months have been an extension of the campaign” against whaling, he added.
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