The prominent Canadian-American anti-whaling environmentalist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland under an international arrest warrant issued by Japan, police and his foundation said.
In a statement, Greenland police said Watson, who founded Sea Shepherd and was a co-founder of Greenpeace, had been arrested after arriving in Nuuk on the ship John Paul DeJoria. He will be brought before a district court where police will request his detention “before a decision is made on whether he should be extradited to Japan”, they added.
