The ministry does not exclude the delivery of activist Paul Watson.

Ministerium Declines to Preemptively Deny Request to Extradite Activist Paul Watson to Japan

The Justice Ministry has found no reason to preemptively deny a potential request from Japan to arrest and extradite activist Paul Watson.

Paul Watson founded the Captain Paul Watson Foundation in 2022. (Photo: © Howard Burditt, Ritzau Scanpix)

The Justice Ministry has not yet received a request from Japan.

According to the ministry, it must first conduct a preliminary evaluation to determine if there is a basis for refusing a request for extradition from Greenland based on the available information.

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> No request from Japan as of Friday

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- The ministry has not found such a basis based on the available information.

International Arrest Warrant

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The police in Greenland arrested Paul Watson on Sunday based on an international arrest warrant from Japan.

The arrest occurred due to the warrant.

It has not yet been determined whether the 73-year-old environmental activist will be extradited.

However, according to the ministry, there is no reason to preemptively deny Japan's request.

The ministry is now awaiting a formal request from Japanese authorities to extradite Watson. This request must be submitted no later than 30 days after his arrest.

At that point, the issue will be reevaluated.

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No Request Received

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As of Friday, the ministry has not received a request from Japan, it stated.

The Japanese arrest warrant was issued in 2010.

It was issued following an incident in Antarctica, where Watson intervened as Japanese whalers were working.

According to Japanese authorities, Watson assaulted the whalers and prevented them from carrying out their work.

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