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PAUL WATSON

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson attends the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙
Nov 14, 2025
Ocean activist wanted by Japan vows to continue fight at COP30
Paul Watson, known for environmental activism and activities that disrupted whaling, has been wanted by Japanese authorities for 14 years.
Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, speaks in Bordeaux, France, on March 25. Interpol has removed Watson from its wanted list.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2025
Interpol removes anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from wanted list
Interpol based its decision on new developments, including Denmark*s refusal to extradite him to Japan where there is an arrest warrant for him.
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson talks to journalists after he was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Saturday.
51勛圖厙
Dec 22, 2024
Freed activist Paul Watson vows to &end whaling worldwide*
The 74-year-old returned to France after spending five months in detention in Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan.
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2024
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
Watson, 74, was released after Denmark refused the Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers.
Greenpeace activists protest next to a fake whale's tail in front of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin in 2010. The real motivation behind Japan's whaling may lie in asserting its maritime sovereignty, as the country defends its exclusive economic zone amid territorial disputes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2024
For Japan, whaling is intertwined with maritime sovereignty
While Japan has an undeniable culture surrounding seafood, the current generation of people do not show much interest in whale meat.
Environmental activist Paul Watson waves after getting released from prison in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday.
51勛圖厙
Dec 18, 2024
Japan &regrets* release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson
The 74-year-old Canadian-American activist was released after Copenhagen turned down Tokyo*s request to bring him to Japan.
Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in Paris on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Oct 25, 2024
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson requests French nationality
France is pushing for Watson*s release from a Greenland jail where he is being held pending possible extradition to Japan.
Paul Watson speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. climate summit in Paris in December 2015.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2024
Japan says Paul Watson case &nothing to do with whaling*
The co-founder of Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland in July on an arrest warrant issued by Japan.
Robert Read (second from left), an executive of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, at a rally held in front of the the Embassy of Denmark in London last week
51勛圖厙
Aug 11, 2024
Japan will face condemnation if it convicts Sea Shepherd founder, ally says
Founder Paul Watson was placed on an international wanted list in 2010 on suspicion of obstructing Japan*s research whaling. Last month, he was detained in Greenland.
Japan has made an extradition request for anti-whaling activist Paul Watson.
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Aug 1, 2024
Denmark says Japan made extradition request for anti-whaling activist Watson
Japan is one of only three countries in the world to permit commercial whaling, along with Iceland and Norway.
French President Emmanuel Macron is "following the situation closely" and "intervening with the Danish authorities," according to his Elysee palace office.
51勛圖厙
Jul 24, 2024
Macron urges against anti-whaling activist*s extradition
Japan is one of the last three countries in the world to permit commercial whaling along with Iceland and Norway.
Paul Watson, leader of the environmentalist association Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, speaks at a news conference in Paris in December 2015.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 22, 2024
Greenland arrests anti-whaling activist on Japan warrant
Paul Watson*s arrest is believed to be in connection with an Interpol Red Notice related to Watson*s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2015
Environmentalist, whaling foe Paul Watson can reapply for passport, Canada says
The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will allow environmentalist Paul Watson to reapply for his passport, three years after the document was confiscated by German authorities.

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