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Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian ...
Paul Watson was born in Toronto, the oldest child of Anthony Joseph Watson and Annamarie Larsen, and grew up in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, along with two younger sisters and three younger brothers. As a child he was a member of the Kindness Club , which he has credited with teaching him to "respect and defend animals". [ 23 ]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland where he has been held since July while Denmark decides whether to extradite him to Japan, local ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland after he was arrested in the Danish autonomous territory last month, while Denmark decides whether to ...
Paul Joseph Watson was born on 24 May 1982 at Jessop Hospital in Sheffield to Philip and Hazel Watson. In a 2016 interview for a student newspaper in Sheffield, UK, Watson said he grew up on a council estate with few financial resources, and that by 18, he was teetotal and exercising three hours per day. [16]
Watson travelled to Iceland in 1988 to face prosecution as Sea Shepherd's leader where he was detained for 24 hours before being deported without cause. [ 10 ] [ 12 ] A spokesperson for Iceland's largest whaling company told The New Yorker that Watson is persona non grata in the country. [ 13 ]
Paul was arrested for allegedly jaywalking and allegedly showing signs of being under the influence of a controlled substance. Paul hanged himself in his single-person cell. Jail or Agency: San Bernardino County sheriff's Department - Twin Peaks sheriffâ s Station; State: California; Date arrested or booked: 4/5/2016; Date of death: 4/5/2016 ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland where he has been held since July while Denmark decides whether to extradite him to Japan, a local ...