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Greenland court extends anti-whaling activist's time in custody as Japan seeks his extradition
Last edited Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:10 AM - Edit history (1)
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-watson-whaling-japan-9b1023c97c5307441e2e5782dc6e8962(earlier article below)
Greenland court extends anti-whaling activist’s time in custody as Japan seeks his extradition
BY JAN M. OLSEN
Updated 8:44 AM EDT, September 4, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan.
The court ruled Wednesday that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.
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Watson is said to face up to 15 years in prison.
In a statement, the prosecution noted that Watson has appealed Wednesday’s decision by the Nuuk district court to the High Court of Greenland. One of Watson’s lawyers, Julie Stage, confirmed the appeal.
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BY JAN M. OLSEN
Updated 8:44 AM EDT, September 4, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan.
The court ruled Wednesday that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.
[...]
Watson is said to face up to 15 years in prison.
In a statement, the prosecution noted that Watson has appealed Wednesday’s decision by the Nuuk district court to the High Court of Greenland. One of Watson’s lawyers, Julie Stage, confirmed the appeal.
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https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240904-greenland-court-to-rule-on-anti-whaling-paul-watson-s-extradition
Greenland court to rule on extradition of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson
A Greenland court will decide Wednesday whether to keep US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, 73, in custody pending extradition to Japan over a whaling altercation. Lawyers anticipate extended detention as legal review continues in Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory.
Issued on: 04/09/2024 - 04:32
3 min
By:
NEWS WIRES
A Greenland court decides Wednesday whether to keep US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in custody pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over an altercation with whalers.
Lawyers for the 73-year-old campaigner expect the court in Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory, to extend his custody as a legal review of the extradition request drags on.
Watson was detained in Nuuk in July on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant, which accuses him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in the Antarctic in 2010 and injuring a whaler.
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He was arrested on July 21 when his ship, the John Paul DeJoria, docked to refuel in Nuuk on its way to "intercept" a new Japanese whaling factory vessel in the North Pacific, according to the CPWF.
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A Greenland court will decide Wednesday whether to keep US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, 73, in custody pending extradition to Japan over a whaling altercation. Lawyers anticipate extended detention as legal review continues in Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory.
Issued on: 04/09/2024 - 04:32
3 min
By:
NEWS WIRES
A Greenland court decides Wednesday whether to keep US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in custody pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over an altercation with whalers.
Lawyers for the 73-year-old campaigner expect the court in Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory, to extend his custody as a legal review of the extradition request drags on.
Watson was detained in Nuuk in July on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant, which accuses him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in the Antarctic in 2010 and injuring a whaler.
[...]
He was arrested on July 21 when his ship, the John Paul DeJoria, docked to refuel in Nuuk on its way to "intercept" a new Japanese whaling factory vessel in the North Pacific, according to the CPWF.
[...]