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.

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

Mr. Watson was facing extradition to Japan but was released after Denmark decided to reject the extradition request, his lawyer said.