Detained in Greenland –
Denmark will not extradite Paul Watson to Japan
The environmental activist is free after five months of detention. Denmark, however, refuses the extradition requested by Japan.
Published today at 11:46 a.m.
Anti-hunting campaigner Paul Watson arrives at a court hearing in Nuuk, Greenland.
AFP/ Leiff Josefsen
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Denmark decided on Tuesday not to extradite environmental activist Paul Watson to Japan, who will be released, his lawyer told AFP.
“He is free, the Ministry of Justice has just informed us that it has rejected the extradition request,” his lawyer Julie Stage told AFP, specifying that Mr. Watson would be able to leave Nuuk prison in Greenland where he had been in pre-trial detention for almost five months.
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