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 Ministry and defense lawyers said.
LONDON — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice Ministry and defense lawyers said.
Watson's foundation said he faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison in Japan, which does not have an extradition treaty with Denmark. Japan’s coast guard sought his arrest over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010 when he was accused of obstructing the crew’s official duties by ordering the captain of his ship to throw explosives at the whaling ship.
Japan’s government had asked Denmark to hand over Watson so he could be tried in Japan. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.“We are happy and relieved that Paul Watson is now free,” lawyer Jonas Christoffersen said. “I guess he will have some lunch or breakfast as a free man and then will find a way to get back home.
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