A POLITICAL campaigner will receive the Freedom of Oxford today at a special council ceremony.
Benny Wenda, who lives in Marston, leads the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, a territory on the island of New Guinea currently occupied by Indonesia.
Read more about Mr Wenda's campaigningThe campaign has been led by Mr Wenda since he fled his home country in 2002.
Oxford City Council councillors agreed to give the award to Mr Wenda last October in recognition of his 'contributions as a campaigner for peaceful democracy and to the wider life of the city.'
The ceremony will take place in Oxford Town Hall's Assembly Room from 5pm today.
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