At Space Bar’s blog, an Open Letter from PEN expressing ‘anguish and outrage at the continuing brutalities visited upon Christian communities and places of worship in Orissa and Karnataka, and elsewhere’ and an appeal addressed loosely to the central government:

We call upon the Indian Government to ensure that hate speech is outlawed from the domain of public discourse. We also call upon the Indian Government to outlaw those political parties which, directly or through their cohorts, promote communal discord and encourage violence. The rule of law implies that every citizen’s life is sacred. Let the law act decisively to punish those who perpetrate the appalling crimes of pogrom and murder.