Co-Evolution | April 30, 2010 | 9 comments

Japan seeks Interpol arrest of Sea Shepherd activist

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8653167.stm

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The Japan Coast Guard obtained an arrest warrant in Tokyo against Sea Shepard activist Paul Watson for or disrupting whale hunts, reports say.
Mr. Watson's Sea Shepherd conservation society shadowed the annual Japanese whaling fleet through the Antarctic.
Japan alleges that Watson instructing members of his group to obstruct Japan's whaling mission and causing injury to Japanese crew, Japanese media reported.

National broadcaster NHK also reported that Japan would seek the 59-year old Canadian's arrest through the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

Japan hunts hundreds of whales each year for what it calls research, but environmentalists say the real purpose is to sell whale meat.
Mr Watson advocates direct action against these "scientific" expeditions and has faced charges in Canada and Norway.

Sea Shepherd's campaign saw its vessels maneuvering so close to Japan's whaling ships this January that one of its boats was sliced in two.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8653167.stm
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