Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Danish police on Sunday arrested prominent anti-whaling activist Paul Watson when his vessel came to port in Greenland , citing a warrant issued by Japan , a whaling nation that seeks his extradition. Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian American who co-founded Greenpeace and founded Sea Shepherd , was traveling with 25 volunteers aboard the 236-foot M/Y John Paul DeJoria on a mission to the North Pacific for the Captain Paul Watson Foundation , which he started after leaving Sea Shepherd in 2022.
's ship operations director, said in a statement. This morning, Captain Paul Watson was arrested in Nuuk, Greenland by Danish federal police, who boarded the M/Y John Paul DeJoria as soon as it docked.The crew had stopped to refuel while en route to the Northwest Passage as part of #OpKangeiMaru, our campaign aimed at… pic.twitter.
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