Greenland police have arrested a prominent environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. Police said they arrested Paul Watson when his ship docked in Greenland’s capital Nuuk on Sunday morning.
BERLIN — Greenland police arrested a prominent environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner on Sunday on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan .
He will be brought before a district court with a request to detain him until a decision is made on whether to extradite him to Japan, the statement said. “The arrest is believed to be related to a former Red Notice issued for Captain Watson’s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic region,” the foundation said in an emailed statement.
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