Sea Shepherd leader fears for his life
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Conservation group leader, Paul Watson, said he was surprised by his arrest in Germany, and emphasized “powerful enemies” of the Sea Shepherd campaigns .
answers to Fairfax Media, who sent him at an airport of Frankfurt holding cell overnight, Watson said that he fears for his life in Costa Rica if the extradition was granted by Germany. However, he said that whatever the outcome of the case, the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean do not be discouraged.Advertising: The story continues below
“In our efforts to defend the whales, we have made some powerful enemies, particularly the Government of Japan,” said Watson.
Costa Rica has revived a 10-year-old in which Mr. Watson, then ship Farley Mowat, was involved in a collision with a fishing for sharks. The Central American country has alleged crimes navigation. “I’m surprised that Germany would consider extradition of an alleged crime against an illegal fishing boat, causing no damage or injury caused,” said Watson. Sea Shepherd said that a long break decomposition of Mr Watson was taken to Costa Rica last October, as the Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research has launched a lawsuit aimed at stopping group. “It is no coincidence that the request for extradition from Costa Rica was published the same month the case against the Japanese Sea Shepherd has begun,” said Watson. The group’s spokesman, Peter Hammarstedt said Watson was doing well under the circumstances in which they met in Australia during the night in Frankfurt. He said a prosecutor of the Court of Appeals of Germany had formally requested an arrest prior to extradition in connection with Mr. Watson, based on the arrest warrant and request Local extradition from Costa Rica“In a rare move, the prosecutor said the German Ministry of Justice and the German Foreign Ministry has the power to stop the extradition for political reasons” that Hammarstedt said.
Sea Shepherd still waiting to hear the decision of the hearing closed, he said. If the request for extradition is granted, Costa Rica will have 90 days to submit the complete documents to Germany to complete the request. If not, Mr. Watson would have been released. 
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