反捕鯨団体創設者を拘束　日本引き渡しの可能性―グリーンランド

　【ロンドン時事】デンマーク領グリーンランドの警察当局は２１日、反捕鯨団体シー・シェパード（ＳＳ）の創設者のポール・ワトソン容疑者（７３）を拘束した。同容疑者の財団が発表した。日本からの国際手配に基づくものという。
　同財団によると、ワトソン容疑者は日本の新しい捕鯨船を「妨害」するために、太平洋に向かう途中、給油のため立ち寄ったグリーンランドのヌークに入港直後に拘束された。英紙によれば、同容疑者の身柄は今後、日本に引き渡される可能性がある。（2024/07/22-20:52）

Police authorities Sunday detained Paul Watson, founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, in Greenland under an international arrest order from Japan, his foundation said.
   According to the foundation, the 73-year-old was detained upon arrival in Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous territory of Denmark, where he stopped to refuel while en route to the Pacific Ocean to intercept a new Japanese whaling ship.
   Watson could be extradited to Japan, according to a British newspaper report.
   Founded in 1977, Sea Shepherd is known for its aggressive sabotage activities, including ramming whaling vessels with small boats and throwing harmful chemicals at them.
   The Japan Coast Guard put Watson on an international wanted list on suspicion of causing injury and forcibly obstructing business, alleging that he interfered with the activities of a Japanese research whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean in 2010.