Watson after release: scandal around Japan's whaling exposed!

Watson after release: scandal around Japan's whaling exposed!

The controversial anti-walfang activist Paul Watson has left his five-month imprisonment in Greenland and is now a free man. The Danish authorities rejected it to deliver him to Japan, where he was sought because of an arrest warrant from 2012. Watson, known from the reality TV series "Whale Wars", was arrested in July 2023 during a planned tank stop in Nuuk, the Greenland capital. The allegations against him refer to an incident in 2010, in which he is said to have damaged a Japanese whaling ship and a crew member injured, such as Situation regarding a possible reduction in a reduction for Watson in Japan were decisive for the decision. In addition, Watson's lawyer, Julie Stage, said that she was relieved by the result and that her client was looking forward to returning to his family soon. Watson himself sees his time in custody as a continuation of his campaign against the whaling. In a conversation with the AFP news agency, he emphasized that his arrest had drawn international attention to Japan's "illegal whaling" and recognized the situation as part of his continuing struggle for marine protection, such as Barron’s reported.

Watson and the fight against the whaling

Paul Watson is a polarizing figure in the fight against whaling and has had numerous controversial actions against whaling. He and his organizations, including the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, are known for taking direct and often confrontational methods against Japanese whaling activities. After the withdrawal of Japan from the international whaling commission in 2019, the debate about whaling gained sharpness, and Watson's arrest pointed out the eyes of the public on this problem.