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      Every year, PEN International hosts a number of events around the world promoting freedom of expression and celebrating literature in a variety of ways. PEN Centres stage events such as literary festivals large and small, storytelling sessions with families and children, book clubs and everything in between. One important occasion to mark is the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November, which gives the entire PEN community a chance to celebrate our work across the world as well as drawing attention to the ongoing persecution faced by many writers today.

    • 16 May 2012 Bled
      Writers for Peace Committee Bled Conference
    • 12 Jun 2012 Barcelona
      Girona Manifesto Presentation
    • 17 Jun 2012 АР Крым,
      THE 4TH URAL – ALTAY PEN CENTRES SOLIDARITY NETWORK CONFERENCE

    Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights

    Developed by the translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, the Girona Manifesto is a ten point document designed to be translated and disseminated widely as a tool to defend linguistic diversity around the world. At PEN International’s 77th annual Congress the PEN General Assembly approved the Manifesto.

    PEN members have translated the Manifesto into various languages; we encourage you to translate it into your own and continue raising awareness about the need to protect and promote linguistic diversity.

    For more information read the press release from the 77th PEN International Congress.

    Read the Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights:

    Afan Oromo: Manifeestoo Giroonaa Mirga Afaaniirratti

    Afrikaans: GIRONA-MANIFES OOR TAALREGTE

    Albanian: Girona Manifesto: Mbi të drejtat gjuhësore

    Amharic

    Basque: Hizkuntza eskubideei buruzko Gironako manifestua

    Berber: Ameskan n Gérone

    Catalan: MANIFEST DE GIRONA SOBRE DRETS LINGÜÍSTICS

    Creole: Manifès Gérone nan

    Mauritian Creole: BANN DRWA LINGWISTIK MANIFEST GÉRONE

    Croatian: GIRONSKI MANIFEST O JEZIČNIM PRAVIMA

    Danish: Girona manifestet om sproglige rettigheder

    Dutch: Girona Manifest

    English: Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights

    Finnish: Gironan manifesti kielellisistä oikeuksista

    French: Manifeste de Girona

    Galician: MANIFESTO DE GIRONA SOBRE DEREITOS LINGÜÍSTICOS

    German: Das Manifest von Girona bestätigt die grundlegenden Prinzipien der Sprachrechte

    Icelandic: Tungumálaréttindi Stefnuskráin frá Girona

    Irish: FORÓGRA GIRONA AR CHEARTA TEANGA

    Italian: Manifesto di Girona sui Diritti Linguistici

    Japanese: 国際ペン　―　言語権利に関するジローナ声明

    Kazakh: Халықаралық ПЕН-клубтың Тіл құқықтары жөніндегі манифесті

    Kyrgyz: Эл аралык ПЕН-клуб дүйнөнүн жазуучуларын бириктирет

    Macedonian: МАНИФЕСТ ЗА ЈАЗИЧНИТЕ ПРАВА ОД ЖИРОНА

    Mayan: U ya’almaj t’aanil Girona tu yóok’ol páajtalilo’ob ti’ t’aano’ob

    Ndebele: IMANIFESTO YEGIRONA YAMALUNGELO WAMALIMI


    Occitan: Declaracion del PEN per l’aparament de la diversitat linguistica

    Persian: در باره حقوق زبان ها Girona متن بیانیه

    Polish: Deklaracja Praw Językowych, uchwalona w Gironie

    Portuguese: Manifesto de Girona sobre os direitos linguísticos

    Rumanian: MANIFESTUL DE LA GERONE

    Russian: Манифест по языковым правам

    Sesotho: BOITSEBISO BA GIRONA HODIMA DITOKELO PUONG E BUUWANG

    Setswana: MANIFESETO YA GIRONA YA DITSHWANELO TSA DIPUO

    Sepedi: MANIFESETO WA GIRONA WA DITOKELO TŠA POLELO

    Shetlandic


    SiSwati: MSHICILELO WASE-GIRONA WEMALUNGELO ELULWIMI

    Somali: MAANIFESTADA GIRONA EE XUQUUQDA AFAFKA

    Spanish: Manifiesto de Girona

    Swedish: Girona manifestet om språkrättigheter

    Tigrigna

    Tshivenda: MANIFESITO YA GIRONA YA NGA PFANELO DZA LUAMBO

    Uyghur: جﯩرونا تﯩل ھوقۇقى قارارنامﯩسى

    Vietnamese: TUYÊN NGÔN GIRONA VỀ QUYỀN NGÔN NGỮ

    Xhosa: EGIRONA KUPAPASHO-NKQUBO NGAMALUNGELO EELWIMI

    Xitsonga: MANIFESTO YA GIRONA EKA TIMFANELO TA TINDZIMI

    Zulu: IZETHULO ZASEGIRONA NGAMALUNGELO OKUSETSHENZISWA KWEZILIMI

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