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bank. In May 2006 he filed papers at the Auckland district court seeking NZ$ 50,000 in damages from the New Zealand police after being pepper sprayed at a January 2005 protest against an alleged genetic engineering experiment outside the Forest Research Institute in Rotorua. On 2 July 2008, Judge
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Chris McGuire awarded Oosterman $ 5,000 damages and $ 25,000 court costs, saying police actions had not been reasonable, but rejected Oosterman's claim of assault saying the officer's actions did not quite meet the necessary "high threshold of blameworthiness".
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in downtown Auckland outside the US embassy. He, his brother Jonathan, and other activists, were protesting US actions in Iraq. That same year he was involved in an anti-
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protest in Christchurch where he lay in front of a bus carrying scientists. He was arrested but received diversion because this was a first offence.
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for refusing to put on underwear. He was covered in thick blue body-paint at the time. In court he pleaded not guilty to the charge of
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In July 2007, Oosterman, who runs a web hosting service for community groups, was forced to remove a
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In February 2005, Oosterman received worldwide attention when he was arrested at the start of the
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On 22 March 2005, he and other protesters publicly complained about police brutality while
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arrest for obstructing a footpath, following a peace demonstration that went inside an
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He was involved in a 2007 protest in support of Iranian hunger striker Ali Panah at
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Oosterman's first public protest was in 2003 with a week-long
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Simon Oosterman speaking at an Auckland protest against the
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issues. Oosterman is credited with organising the '
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He is best known for coordinating the 303: 98:strike, and for his involvement in the 320:Farrell-Green, Simon (October 2006). 7: 200:activist, and has been involved in 41:2007 New Zealand anti-terror raids 14: 444:Global Peace and Justice Auckland 388:"Activists Appear Naked at Court" 270:after he enrolled to vote in the 266:In 2008, he was identified as an 263:, during which he was arrested. 637:New Zealand left-wing activists 105:He also previously worked as a 544:"Panah supporters refuse bail" 413:Eames, David (21 March 2005). 1: 184:to join an anti-war protest. 65:Social and political activism 642:New Zealand trade unionists 288:National Distribution Union 250:Save Happy Valley Coalition 115:National Distribution Union 673: 121:supermarket pay campaign. 272:2008 New Zealand election 32: 622:Anti-corporate activists 293:Anarchism in New Zealand 192:He has been a prominent 164:Oosterman studied for a 252:spoof annual report of 182:environmental sociology 657:New Zealand anarchists 522:The New Zealand Herald 496:The New Zealand Herald 419:The New Zealand Herald 632:New Zealand activists 328:. 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2007 New Zealand anti-terror raids
New Zealand
New Zealand
trade unionist
syndicalist
Unite Union
Supersizemypay.com
Starbucks
World Naked Bike Ride
media liaison
Auckland
National Distribution Union
ShelfRespect.org
Ramarama
Drury
Rotorua
AUT University
Auckland
King's School
Southwell School
King's College
bachelor's
sociology
women's studies
master's
environmental sociology
animal rights
genetic engineering
climate change

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