"US-Canadian pioneer member of Greenpeace, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his sons"

"Paul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denmark rejected Japan’s extradition request and released him from prison in Greenland.

After 150 days in jail on the Danish autonomous territory, Watson, 74, was told by his lawyer on Tuesday morning that the Danish authorities had decided he was free to leave the island.

Watson told the Guardian: “At 8.46 this morning a guard came – I had just woken up – and said the lawyer’s on the phone.

“I am certainly relieved as this means I get to see my two little boys. That’s really been my only concern this entire time. I understand the risks of what we do and sometimes you get arrested – although I am proud of the fact that I have never been convicted of a crime.”"

Daniel Boffey reports for the Guardian December 17, 2024. [2]