This year we’ve celebrated our tenth anniversary and continued our mission to bring together academics, students, journalists and campaigners to publish stories about human rights that might otherwise go untold. The 2024 stories we’ve chosen here, from Palestine to Ukraine and Ecuador to Ethiopia, span historical fiction, political opinion pieces, travel writing and photo galleries.
Inspired by a single sentence she snapped at her mother, Muna Alzuhairi’s story is about cognitive bias, internalised racism, anti-immigrant prejudice and the supposed superiority of the English language and accents. But, beyond this, it’s a love letter to a fantastic mum who is unfairly overlooked and underestimated.
The city of Gondar in Ethiopia was rocked by religious violence after an attack on a funeral in April 2022. Ensuing riots between Christians and Muslims left 20 dead and many injured. Visiting the city in Ethiopia’s northwest, Jaclynn Ashly speaks with eyewitnesses, researchers and community leaders, to expose the roots of the interfaith violence and unravel a complex religious and cultural history.
To mark 10 years of Lacuna Magazine, we have gathered a decade of human rights journalism, creative writing and storytelling from around the globe into an interactive world map.
In Lacuna Magazine’s first decade, our stories have been read more than half a million times and by readers in every country of the world. Clicks don’t give the full picture or measure a story’s value – and you can find our editors’ pick of articles here – but the pieces below are some of the magazine’s most popular, and they deserve to be celebrated.
To celebrate turning 10, Lacuna Magazine is sharing 10 of our favourite stories from the past decade as chosen by our editors. The writers include school pupils, university students, journalists, academics, activists and members of the public, writing about issues as diverse as Islamophobia, rewilding the Scottish Highlands and, perhaps most crucially, love.
Ten years have passed since 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico – Los 43 – were detained and disappeared in one of the country’s most infamous human rights cases. On the tenth anniversary, as Mexico’s first female president is about to take office, Paula Gonzalez Gavilanes revisits the case while parents continue their protest.
Many people dream of a human rights career, helping others and creating change, but how do you take the first steps? We asked human rights lawyers, humanitarians and journalists to tell us about essential qualifications and experience, and offer valuable advice to students just starting out.
