UN court rules against Japan whaling
3,782 views · Published 31 March 2014 · 4:20 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
The UN's top court has ordered Japan to stop its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic, rejecting Tokyo's argument that it is for scientific purposes, in an emotive case activists said was make-or-break for the giant mammal's future. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.
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