Japan had asked Denmark to extradite Watson, who had been in custody in Greenland since his arrest this summer.

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland where he spent five months in custody, after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him. Mr Watson, 74, was detained by police when his ship docked in Greenland's capital,

Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on Friday arrived in France after five months in detention in Greenland pending an extradition demand from Japan, an airport source told AFP. Watson, 74, was released on Tuesday after Denmark refused the Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers.