{"id":10335,"date":"2022-03-21T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/?p=10335"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:21:08","slug":"susvetny-dzen-paezii-kampaniya-u-abaronu-maung-yu-pi-myanma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/2022\/03\/21\/susvetny-dzen-paezii-kampaniya-u-abaronu-maung-yu-pi-myanma.html","title":{"rendered":"World Poetry Day: Take action for Maung Yu Py (Myanmar)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe story of Maung Yu Py, is the story of all those who are detained, harassed and persecuted for exposing injustices and defending freedom of expression through poetry. The PEN community stands in solidarity with Maung Yu Py and all poets who are silenced in Myanmar and across the world. Their voice must be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ma Thida, <\/b>Chair of PEN International\u2019s Writers in Prison Committee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Every year on 21 March, PEN International observes World Poetry Day, celebrating one of the most relished forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity across regions, and honouring those poets worldwide who face threats, intimidation and violence for speaking up and holding governments to account.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adopted by UNESCO during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity and endangered languages through poetic expression, the creation of World Poetry Day was envisioned by PEN International at its 1997 Congress in Edinburgh, as proposed by PEN Turkey and seconded by Melbourne PEN.<\/span><\/p>\n

PEN International and PEN Centres around the world have long campaigned on behalf of poets at risk and for the protection and promotion of minority languages. In 2011 PEN\u2019s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee developed the <\/span>Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights<\/span><\/a> – a ten point document designed to be translated and disseminated widely as a tool to defend linguistic diversity around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, on World Poetry Day 2022, PEN International features the case of poet <\/span>Maung Yu Py<\/b>, detained by the Burmese authorities for exercising his right to freedom of expression through poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please take action on behalf of <\/b>Maung Yu Py.<\/b><\/p>\n

Take action<\/b><\/p>\n

PEN International considers Maung Yu Py\u2019s detention a breach of his right to freedom of expression and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what you can do:<\/span><\/p>\n

Solidarity messages<\/b><\/p>\n

Send a message to Maung Yu Py expressing your concern about his situation and showing solidarity.<\/span>Here are some sample messages you can adapt<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n