Posted on 07/24/2024 1:00:41 PM PDT by Twotone
Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan.
Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society whose direct action tactics, including high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels, have drawn support from A-list celebrities and featured in the reality television series “Whale Wars.”
He was arrested Sunday when his ship docked in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, a police statement said. He later appeared before a district court to look into a request to detain him pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan, the statement said.
Whale meat is an element of Japanese food culture, and the government says it supports the sustainable use of whales.
On Monday, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation said in an emailed comment that the veteran environmentalist would be detained in Nuuk at least until Aug. 15, following the court’s decision, to give the Danish justice ministry time to investigate the case and possible extradition. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison in Japan, according to the foundation.
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I take it Japan would really like to get their hands on him
I don’t blame them for disrupting their economy.
I hope that liver lipped wokester gets a taste of Japanese justice.
"...but skipped bail after learning that he was also sought for extradition by Japan, which has accused him of endangering whalers’ lives during operations in the Antarctic Ocean"
I hope he escapes. Japanese whalers are as bad as Chinese fishing fleets in skirting the laws and treaties. They claim the whaling is “scientific research”. And that whales are killing the marine ecosystem by eating too much plankton. Total bullcrap.
Maybe he will only be fed whale meat.
Hopefully thats just the first serving of whats to come for him.
Enjoy the fermented whale blubber serve in Japan’s prisons.
That wouldn’t be a fluke would it?
He’s a terrorist. Ship him to Japan to be tried.
Same here. In a sane world, the Japanese captains would be captured and prosecuted.
That reminds me of a t-shirt from an ad in National Lampoon. It showed a mushroom cloud on top of a whale and the slogan “Nuke the Whales!”
Terrorist
Who cares. I hope Watson’s woke ass rots in a Japanese prison.
Yes.
He will become “Dishonorable Hidden One.’’
Why? Do you think Japanese should be able to lie and flout the treaties? Or do you just want as many whales killed as possible. It makes no sense to go after Watson and let the Nips skate for their own violations.
For extra credit are you upset about that last 100 buffalo surviving?
Which one? The Japanese whalers, or Watson?
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