Brigitte Bardot says that the release of Paul Watson is “a miracle days before Christmas”

Brigitte Bardot says that the release of Paul Watson is “a miracle days before Christmas” - French actress Brigitte Bardot has described the release of the environmental activist Paul Watson as “a miracle days before Christmas”. Speaking from her home in St. Tropez, in the Var, on Tuesday afternoon Bardot said she was “immersed with joy”, after the leader of sea shepherd was released. The detention of Watson in Greenland had been extended on December the 3rd until December 18th. The founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd was arrested on July 21st while trying to intercept a Japanese whaling factory ship. Locally, at the end of November, the association “je fais ma part’ had gathered in Saint Tropez, on the port, to support Paul Watson.

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