(23 Oct 2024)
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Paris, France – 23 October 2024
1. Protesters holding signs
2. Demonstrator holding picture of whaling, reading (English and French): "Denmark, don’t be complicit!"
3. Demonstrators holding signs and photos of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson
4. Demonstrator holding photo of Brigitte Bardot (French actress and activist) with Watson
5. Demonstrators holding signs and raising banner, reading (English): "Saving whales is not a crime"
6. Coordinator for Sea Shepherd France Michel Blazy talking to protesters
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Blazy, coordinator for Sea Shepherd France:
“We have gathered here to demand Paul Watson’s release and to demonstrate against Denmark, which has been holding him for three months, and he is under threat of extradition requested by Japan.”
8. Pan right of demonstrators holding signs
9. Close of demonstrator holding sign, reading (English): "The ocean die = we die"
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloé Sudre, supporter of Watson:
"I’m here today as a support for Paul Watson because he’s innocent. He’s incarcerated in Denmark for far too long. It’s been over three months and he’s in court today, incarcerated on false accusations. So, it is urgent that he is now released. And above all, not sent to Japan."
11. Various of demonstrators holding signs, banners and inflatable whale, reading (English): "Free Paul Watson"
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloé Sudre, supporter of Watson:
"Paul Watson asks for political asylum in France. It is a necessity; it is urgent that France and President Macron grants this request because Paul Watson is innocent. He is not a criminal and if he actually does a work of public interest by defending whales, we all need to have whales on this planet and we need Paul Watson to defend them. He is not a criminal. He must be released."
13. Close of sign, reading (English): "Free Paul Watson"
14. Wide of protest
15. Close of sign, reading (English): “Saving whales is not a crime”
16. Mid of demonstrator
17. Mid of protest
STORYLINE:
Hundreds gathered in front of Paris City Hall on Wednesday in support of a prominent anti-whaling activist facing extradition to Japan.
A court in Greenland on Wednesday once again decided to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until Nov. 13 while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request.
“We have gathered here to demand Paul Watson’s release and to demonstrate against Denmark, which has been holding him for three months and is under threat of extradition requested by Japan,” said Michel Blazy, coordinator for Sea Shepherd France, a marine conservation activism organization founded by Watson.
It was unclear when Denmark will decide whether or not to send him to Japan, which does not have an extradition treaty with the Scandinavian country.
Watson was arrested on July 21 when his ship docked in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital and a Greenland court repeatedly has approved his detention while Danish authorities look into his possible extradition to Japan, where he faces up to 15 years in prison, according to the Captain Paul Watson Foundation.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and handles police and justice matters.
Japan’s coast guard sought his arrest over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010.
He was accused of obstructing the crew’s official duties by ordering the captain of his ship to throw explosives at the whaling ship.
Last week, Sea Shepherd France said Watson had asked France’s president for political asylum.
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