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Denmark refuses to extradite whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, says lawyer

Denmark refuses to extradite whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, says lawyer



US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland after Japan issued international warrantDenmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday.US-Canadian Watson, 74, founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, has now been released from detention in the Greenland capital Nuuk, Greenland police said. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-12-17 12:01:51

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