Paul Watson

Danish authorities reject a Japanese bid to extradite the campaigner because of his time spent in detention.

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed from prison in Denmark and won't be extradited to Japan, his lawyer says. Dec 17, 2024 ...

Japan had asked Denmark to extradite Watson, who had been in custody in Greenland since his arrest this summer under a Japanese warrant. Watson, a Canadian ...

Watson, accused of causing damage to a Japanese whaling ship and injuring a whaler in 2010, was released from detention in Greenland.

Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer ...

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice ...

Denmark released anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from detention on Tuesday and said it had rejected a Japanese request to extradite him over criminal ...

The 74-year-old anti-whaling activist has been freed from prison in Greenland where he was held by Danish authorities under a request of extradition made by ...

Mr. Watson was facing extradition to Japan but was released after Denmark decided to reject the extradition request, his lawyer said.

Danish authorities reject a Japanese bid to extradite the campaigner because of his time spent in detention.

Copenhagen rejects Japan's extradition request over a 2010 incident involving a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic.

"My arrest has focused international attention on Japan's continuing illegal whaling operations and their intent to go back to the Southern Ocean," said ...