US EditionInterpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list
CANADA, JUL 22 – Interpol removed Paul Watson from its most-wanted list after Denmark refused extradition due to lack of guarantees on his sentence, ending a 12-year red notice status.
- On Tuesday, Interpol removed Watson's most-wanted designation after a review, ending his red notice active since 2012.
- Lacking an extradition treaty, Denmark reviewed the case under Interpol's rules, and declined to extradite Watson to Japan.
- Japanese authorities sought his extradition over a 2001 incident, after his five-month imprisonment last year in Greenland.
- Sea Shepherd France's president Lamya Essemlali hailed `good news that this notice was finally cancelled`, noting he still could be arrested under Japan's warrant.
- The decision refocuses attention on the 74-year-old former Sea Shepherd leader, whose campaigns featured in `Whale Wars` and drew celebrity support, remaining in focus as a notable activist.
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Interpol Takes Famed Whale Activist Off Most-Wanted List
Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland. Watson, 74, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose...
Definitely free from his movements after the red notice was lifted, on Tuesday 22 July, the whale defender recounts to "Liberation" a story which he considers "disproportionate". He now intends to resume his fight for the preservation of the oceans and prepares a new mission to Antarctica.
Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off most-wanted list
Interpol said it was removing a most-wanted designation for Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland.
Radio France Internationale
Interpol lifts red notice for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson
Global police organisation Interpol has lifted a red wanted notice requesting the arrest of Paul Watson, an anti-whaling activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd NGO, one of his lawyers told AFP on Tuesday.
After years of prosecution, Paul Watson saw Interpol's red notice cancelled, reinvigorating the debate on the legitimacy of actions against whaling.
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