INTERVIEW: Former Greens Senator Bob Brown on the arrest of Sea Shepherd campaigner Paul Watson

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Paul Watson is arrested in Greenland and escorted to a police vehicle Source: AAP

Former Tasmanian Greens Senator Bob Brown is urging Tasmanian born Queen Mary of Denmark to intervene in the arrest of a high-profile anti-whaling campaigner in Greenland.The Hobart based Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson was taken into custody by police when his ship docked in Danish-controlled Greenland's Nuuk harbour. A local court ordered his detainment after receiving an Interpol notice from Japanese authorities calling for his arrest. The vessel had stopped in Greenland to refuel on its way to intercept Japan's newly-built factory whaling ship Kangei Maru in the North Pacific. SBS's Rayane Tamer spoke to Bob Brown about Mr Watson's arrest and his appeal to the Danish Queen


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