Paul Watson was arrested in Greenland in July, on a warrant issued by the Japanese government in 2012. The activist is currently fighting extradition to Japan where he could face up to 15 years in prison for an incident in which a whaling ship was damaged and one person was injured.

One of the lawyers defending the international environmentalist and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has spoken of his outrage at his client’s further detention. A Greenland court has granted a fourth extension of Watson's time in jail for another three weeks,