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Fifth Greenland hearing for anti-whaling activist Watson

Protesters in France have demanded Watson's release. © Grégoire CAMPIONE / AFP

Copenhagen (AFP) – A Greenland court will decide Wednesday whether to further extend US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's time in custody pending a decision on his extradition to Japan, where he is wanted over an altercation with whalers.

"The public prosecutor has requested an extension of the custody period," the prosecutor in charge of the case, Mariam Khalil, told AFP in an email.

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