Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has requested French nationality, his lawyer Jean Tamalet said on Thursday, as Paris pushes for his release from a Greenland jail where he is being held pending possible extradition to Japan.
Watson, who had been living in France until his July 21 arrest, filed the request on Wednesday, said Tamalet, who coordinates the 73-year-old's defense team.
The request "makes total sense when you realize that since 1977 he's been giving everything to protect the marine ecosystem, whereas France has the second-largest coastline in the world," Tamalet added.
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