{"id":2350573,"date":"2024-10-03T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T02:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whale-wars-star-detained-faces-extradition-to-japan-over-violence-against-whaling-fleet\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T22:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T02:42:36","slug":"whale-wars-star-detained-faces-extradition-to-japan-over-violence-against-whaling-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whale-wars-star-detained-faces-extradition-to-japan-over-violence-against-whaling-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Whale Wars\u2019 Star Detained, Faces Extradition to Japan over Violence Against Whaling Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhale-wars-star-detained-faces-extradition-to-japan-over-violence-against-whaling-fleet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2350573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Paul Watson, the star of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action\/\" title=\"\u2018Who Cares!\u2019: Trump Quits Screen Actor\u2019s Guild After They Threaten \u2018Disciplinary\u2019 Action\">television show<\/a> \u200d&#8221;Whale Wars,&#8221; was arrested on July \u200c21 in Greenland on an \u2064Interpol warrant while refueling his ship, which was preparing to disrupt the Japanese whaling fleet. A Greenland court has ruled that he must remain in \u200bcustody until October 23 as Danish authorities consider his extradition to Japan. Watson \u2063is accused of harming individuals by attacking Japanese whalers during their operations.\u200b Japan&#8217;s government continues to seek his prosecution, emphasizing \u2064that it will take appropriate measures to secure \u2063his extradition. <\/p>\n<p>Watson&#8217;s organization, the Sea \u2064Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), is well-known\u200b for\u200d its confrontational tactics against whaling activities, which have sparked\u200b significant\u2064 controversy over the years. Japan&#8217;s whaling practices have faced \u200cinternational criticism, particularly after the country \u200dwithdrew\u2064 from the International Whaling Commission&#8217;s ban on whaling and\u200b has recently expanded its commercial whaling activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The star of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pierce-county-council-split-on-sheriffs-department-being-featured-on-cops-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pierce County Council split on sheriff\u2019s department being featured on \u2018Cops\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">television show &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Whale Wars&rdquo; must remain detained while authorities decide whether he will be extradited to Japan, a court has ruled.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to keep Paul Watson in custody was made Wednesday by a Greenland court.<\/p>\n<p>While Watson is being held by Greenlandic authorities, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beryl-strengthens-into-hurricane-in-atlantic-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Beryl strengthens into hurricane in Atlantic - Washington Examiner\">island&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s status as an autonomous territory of Denmark means Copenhagen will ultimately determine whether an extradition will take place.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2024\/10\/02\/Greenland-Paul-Watson-held-judge-Japan-warrant\/9451727881848\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPI<\/a>, Watson will remain in custody until October 23 while officials from Denmark&rsquo;s Ministry of Justice weighs his case and potential extradition.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, who has famously sparred with Japanese whaling vessels, was arrested July 21 on an Interpol warrant.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The captain was refueling his ship in Greenland when authorities swooped in and arrested him. According to Japanese paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/15373508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Asahi Shimbun<\/a>, Watson&rsquo;s vessel was preparing for a voyage to the Pacific to disrupt the Japanese whaling fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&rsquo;s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi insisted the country will continue trying to bring Watson for prosecution, saying the government &ldquo;will continue to take appropriate measures, including making approaches to relevant countries and organizations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Watson is accused of causing harm to a person after allegedly attacking Japanese whalers in the course of their work.<\/p>\n<p>Confrontations with the island nation&rsquo;s whalers was the core concept of the show &ldquo;Whale Wars,&rdquo; which followed the exploits of Watson, his oceanic activist organization the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and action aboard the group&rsquo;s various vessels.<\/p>\n<p>The SSCS currently runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seashepherdglobal.org\/who-we-are\/fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine vessels in its fleet<\/a>, which it calls &ldquo;Neptune&rsquo;s Navy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Watson and his organization invited controversy over the show&rsquo;s history as their dangerous marine maneuvers were caught on camera &mdash; from both the show&rsquo;s producers and rivaling Japanese vessels.<\/p>\n<p>One video, which can be seen below, shows a collision between one of the SSCS&rsquo; former vessels and a Japanese whale research ship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sea Shepard boat 'steve irwin' rams another vessel\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Su77-sPQJTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Japan&rsquo;s whaling activities have been a source of controversy for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo was a signatory to the International Whaling Commission&rsquo;s 1986 ban on whaling, but maintained a fleet that continued to harvest the massive marine mammals under the auspices of &ldquo;research.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Japan abandoned the IWC and the organization&rsquo;s hunting ban some five years ago, and has been steadily increasing its commercial whaling industry.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/japan-start-hunting-fin-whales-after-five-years-commercial-whaling-2024-05-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, Japan harvested hundreds of minke, Bryde&rsquo;s and sei whales last year, and in May added the noble fin whale to its list of commercial species ships are allowed to kill and take.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The decision was made on Wednesday, and while he is detained by Greenlandic officials, Denmark will ultimately decide on the extradition due to the island&#8217;s status as an autonomous territory. Watson will remain in custody until October 23 while Danish Ministry of Justice officials review his case. He was arrested on July 21 under an Interpol warrant while refueling his ship in Greenland, reportedly preparing for a mission against Japanese whalers. Japan&#8217;s government has stated it will continue efforts to prosecute him for allegedly harming individuals during confrontations with whalers, which were central to &#8220;Whale Wars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2350574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/watson.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34261,32659,10048,4461,42325],"class_list":["post-2350573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-animal-rights","tag-environmental-activism","tag-extradition","tag-japan","tag-whale-wars"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/watson.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}