Interpol has been weaponized, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says • FRANCE 24 English

American-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson, a leading figure in the defense of whales, is now free to travel abroad after Interpol suspended his arrest request from Japan, the NGO Sea Shepherd France announced Tuesday. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Paul Watson says that Interpol has been weaponized by many countries to go after whistleblowers, activists and dissidents.
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11 comments
  1. I mean let's be honest the Japanese research vessels are not research. They are killing whales for food regardless of what they say, it's like Russia putting troops on the border of Ukraine saying it's just an exercise and then invading the next week.

  2. Interpol goes after honourable people doing good things but allows war criminals to travel freely to the USA. This is the insane reality we live in now. Watson faces more risk from his own species than he does from the killer wales he sails around.

  3. 2:13 "I've never injured anybody in my life. I've never even been convicted of a crime" In fact Watson was convicted of assault in Newfoundland in 1980, and served 10 days in prison. He was also convicted in absentia in a Norwegian court in 1997 for attempting to sink a Norwegian ship, and sentenced to 120 days in prison, which he did not serve because the Netherlands did not extradite him.

  4. "if the reason is not wrongdoing" How would we know he never stood before a court cause he ran! The whole point is he is avoiding authorities, it doesn't matter how long he does it they don't just drop cases cause you run off after you've endangered people's lives. Go back and file complaints with the Japanese if you want people dealt with. The fact is Watson put his crew in harms way everytime and engaged with those ships. Anything that took place initiated with his choices.

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