Topic - Paul Watson

“My first reaction is that the decision ends 14 years of politically motivated persecution and underscores the blatant illegality of Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary,” Watson said in a brief statement provided by Sea Shepherd France.

Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson taken off Interpol's most-wanted list →

“It is not fair that Watson should be detained in a case that should have been concluded a long time ago,” said Watson’s lawyer, Finn Meinel, according to the Greenland newspaper Sermitsiaq.

Anti-whaling activist Watson remains in detention in Greenland while Danes consider Japanese request →