Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<p>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.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaShepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaShepherd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whaling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Interpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wuDefxiIA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=j3wuDefxiIA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>