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Coverage dated December 16, 2024

Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition

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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention in Greenland, after Denmark decided to refuse a Japanese extradition request over

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been freed after five months in a Greenland jail. Japan says he attacked one of its whaling ships in 2010, Watson called the charges "a total fabrication."

  2. Digital Journal

    Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition (opens Digital Journal)

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    Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention in Greenland, after Denmark decided to refuse a Japanese extradition request over

  3. Al Jazeera

    Antiwhaling activist Paul Watson released as Denmark rejects extradition (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Copenhagen rejects Japan’s extradition request over a 2010 incident involving a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic.

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Emotional reunion awaits anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after his sudden release in Greenland (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will not be extradited to Japan after being freed from prison in Denmark, his lawyer said.

  5. The Guardian

    Denmark refuses to extradite whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, says lawyer (opens The Guardian)

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    US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland after Japan issued international warrant

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