The environmental activist Paul Watson is no longer wanted by interpol

The Interpol file control commission on Tuesday raised the red notice aimed at the arrest. Meanwhile. Meanwhile, at the request of Japan, of the American-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson, the figure in the defense of the whales, one of his lawyers told AFP.

A spokesperson for Interpol. However. Furthermore, the international criminal police organization, confirmed to the French news agency that the CCF had “decided to erase“This red notice.”It is not a judgment on the substance of the file. Moreover. or on these events which took place in 2010, but a decision based on the interpol rules in terms of data management“, It was added.”The CCF decision was taken in the light of new facts, including Denmark’s refusal to extradite Mr. Furthermore, Watson“, said this spokesperson. According to extracts from the decision to which AFP environmental activist paul watson no new had access, the Commission estimated that an arrest of Mr. environmental activist paul watson no Watson via this red notice (first suspended in April) would be” would be “disproportionate“In. view of the alleged facts. For the CCF. this file has shown one”Proactive. repeated commitment of the Japanese authorities“, Who “tends to highlight the strategic character of this file and its symbolic importance“, Beyond his real interest in the bottom, which”could demonstrate the existence of political elements around the file“. Paul Watson. 75. was detained in Greenland for five months, before Denmark rejected an extradition request from Japan, which accuses him of being co -responsible for damages and injuries on board a Japanese whale ship in 2010 as part of a campaign by the NGO Sea Shepherd. Red notices. which constitute requests to locate a suspicious person. make their provisional arrest pending their extradition, but they do not have the status environmental activist paul watson no new of arrest warrant.