After five months in prison in Denmark –
Environmental activist Paul Watson lands in France
The environmental activist arrived at Roissy airport this Friday to join his supporters after being freed from Greenland.
Published today at 3:15 p.m.
Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson walks after being released from prison in Nuuk, Greenland.
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Environmental activist Paul Watson landed at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Friday afternoon shortly before 3:00 p.m. after spending five months in detention in Denmark, a country which rejected Japan’s extradition request on Tuesday. AFP learned from an airport source.
Paul Watson, 74, who has been involved in the defense of whales for around fifty years and known for his violent actions, has aroused an outpouring of sympathy in France where the authorities had asked Denmark not to extradite him. , as well as among environmental defenders.
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