Japan maintains that whaling are part of its culture

Japan maintains that whaling are part of its culture
Japan on Friday indicted a New Zealand anti-whaling activist of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who boarded a harpoon ship in Antarctic waters (acer aspire one battery)in February.Bethune scaled the whaling fleet's security ship the Shonan Maru II from a jet ski before dawn on February 15, allegedly carrying a knife which he used to cut a guard net as he boarded the ship.
The activist was the captain of the Sea Shepherd's powerboat the Ady Gil that was sliced in two in a collision with the Shonan Maru II in January, during a period when the group was harassing the Japanese whaling fleet on Lenovo thinkpad x60 battery .If found guilty of inflicting bodily injury, he could face up to 15 years in prison, while trespass can carry a three year jail term.
The Sea Shepherds, who have urged Australian Federal Police to prosecute the captain Dell inspiron e1405 battery and crew of the Shonan Maru II over the collision which led to the sinking of the Ady Gil, described Bethune as a "political prisoner".
"These charges are bogus, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society questions the credibility of the entire Japanese judicial system for entertaining such absurdities of Sony VGP-BPS8 battery ," the group's Australian director Jeff Hansen said.The leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, called for the Japanese whalers to face charges for endangering lives.
"It is absolutely unjust that Captain Pete Bethune is facing up to 15 years in prison in Japan," he said.It was the latest chapter in a long-running battle between environmentalists and Japanese whalers of IBM thinkpad X60S battery , who hunt the ocean giants in the name of scientific research under a loophole in a 1986 international moratorium on whaling.
Japan maintains that whaling has been part of its culture for centuries of Lenovo 3000 v200 battery , and does not hide the fact that the whale meat ends up in shops and restaurants.Australia has threatened to take Tokyo to the International Court of Justice unless it ceases its annual whale hunts in Antarctica by November.
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