The detention in Greenland of whale activist Paul Watson, founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd, was extended on Wednesday, September 4, by 28 days. The court ruled that the 73-year-old Canadian must remain in custody until October 2 while the Danish Justice Ministry considers Japan’s extradition request.
The next hearing is scheduled for October 2 and the environmental activist’s lawyers will appeal, the NGO Sea Shepherd France, which supports him, announced on 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 property damage.
The release of Paul Watson “it is a necessity”“This is the reaction of Hervé Berville, the deputy for Côtes-d’Armor and the secretary of state in charge of the sea and biodiversity, on Wednesday 10th. “Protecting marine biodiversity is a necessity and the defender of cetaceans should not be extradited”he added.
The Canadian was arrested on July 21 aboard his ship, the John Paul De Joria IIduring a stopover in the port of the Greenland capital to refuel.
