Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who has been freed from detention in Denmark, vowed on Saturday to end whale hunting around the world and stop Japan if it tried to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean. Watson, a 74-year-old Canadian-American ...

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.

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

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

Danish authorities have released anti-whaling activistPaul Watson from Greenland some five months after he was originally detained on an international arrest warrant from Japan, his attorney said.

Watson was released on Tuesday after five months of detention in Greenland as Denmark considered whether to extradite him to Japan.

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice Ministry and defense lawyers said.

Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday. U.S.-Canadian Watson,

Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on Friday arrived in France after five months in detention in the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan. Watson, a 74-year-old Canadian-American,