Anti-whaling activist to stay in Greenland jail while extradition decided
by Agence France-Presse in Nuuk from Environment | The Guardian on (#6Q09A)
Paul Watson fighting efforts byJapan to have him stand trial there for 2010 confrontation with whalers
A Greenland court has ordered the anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to remain in custody until 5 September pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan.
Watson, an American-Canadian who has been detained since his arrest in Nuuk in July, had appealed against the court's decision, the statement on Thursday added.
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