(27 Sep 2024)
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Paris, France – 27 September 2024
1. Various of pixel art portrait of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson on wall across from Danish Embassy and people taking photos
2. Various of Danish Embassy with scaffoldings on façade
3. Various of House of Denmark with Danish flags on Champs Elysées, 2 blocks from the embassy
4. Various of pixel art work with whale tail and tag line saying ‘protect oceans’
5. Various of Japanese Embassy across the street
STORYLINE:
French street artist Invader installed a pixel art portrait of imprisoned Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson on a building across from the Danish Embassy in Paris on Thursday.
Earlier this month, a court in Greenland again extended the time in custody for the prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan.
The court ruled that Canadian-American Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.
Invader posted pictures of his new artworks to his social media accounts, saying "Paul (Watson) has spent his life defending sea wildlife, I am outraged by his arrest in Denmark and the extradition request from Japan."
His post referred to the petitions launched around the world calling for his release.
Watson is the former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels have drawn widespread attention.
He was arrested on July 21 when his ship docked in Greenland’s capital.
Japan’s coast guard sought his arrest over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010, when he was accused of obstructing the crew’s official duties by ordering the captain of his ship to throw explosives.
AP video shot by Alexander Turnbull
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