Topic: Pete Bethune

Japan indicts NZ anti-whaling activist

Japan indicted on Friday a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who boarded a harpoon ship on charges including trespass and assault, the latest chapter in a long-running battle between environmentalists and Japanese whalers.The activist from the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boarded the ...
A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was arrested in Japan Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.Peter Bethune of the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was engaged in months ...