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Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2024 19:16:24 GMT
Sea Shepherd has been conducting sabotage activities against Japanese research whaling vessels since 2005. In 2010, the Japan Coast Guard obtained an arrest warrant for Watson on suspicion of causing bodily harm and forcibly obstructing business operations as an accomplice in an incident in which he obstructed the navigation of a Japanese research whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean. ICPO) made international arrangements.
Watson was arrested by local police on July 21 when he stopped in Nuuk, the central city of Greenland, to disrupt the operations of the Japanese whaling ship Sekijiimaru. According to government officials, Denmark needs to decide whether to hand over the boy to Japan by August 15, the deadline for detention.
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2024 18:01:16 GMT
A court has decided to extend the detention of the former representative of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, who was detained in Denmark's autonomous territory of Greenland and whose extradition is being sought by Japan, until the 5th of next month.
Paul Watson (73), former representative of Sea Shepherd, was detained by police in Greenland, a Danish territory, on the 21st of last month, and the Japanese government has requested the Danish government to extradite Watson.
According to a police announcement, a Greenlandic court decided on the 15th to extend Watson's detention until the 5th of next month. The court determined that it was necessary to extend Watson's detention in order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited.
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