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Williams, Orwell Prize winning author of "A Very British Killing - the Death of Baha Mousa" Specialising in migration, food poverty, conflict, equality, environment and politics, Lacuna fills the gap between the short-term immediacy of daily journalism and long-term academic analysis. Williams, Orwell Prize winning author of A Very British Killing - the Death of Baha Mousa.

NEW: In the 1960s, the Black Supplementary School Movement opened voluntary Saturday schools to address the gaps in an e...
02/09/2026

NEW: In the 1960s, the Black Supplementary School Movement opened voluntary Saturday schools to address the gaps in an education system that were leaving Black children behind. Sixty years later, more than 3,000 grassroots supplementary schools are still supporting minoritised children across the UK.

​In the 1960s, the Black Supplementary School Movement opened voluntary Saturday schools to address the gaps in an education system that were leaving Black children behind. Sixty years later, more than 3,000 grassroots supplementary schools are still supporting minoritised children across the UK. ...

Spain’s have become one of Europe’s main arrival points for unaccompanied migrant children. One in five people dies on...
31/07/2026

Spain’s have become one of Europe’s main arrival points for unaccompanied migrant children. One in five people dies on the Canarian migration route with ocean crossings that take several days. In this feature, teenagers Mariama and Mohamed describe their own journeys and their hopes for the future.

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Spain’s Canary Islands have become one of Europe’s main arrival points for unaccompanied migrant children. One in five people dies on the Canarian migration route with ocean crossings that take several days. Teenagers Mariama and Mohamed describe their own journeys and their hopes for the future...

NEW: As conflict tightens its grip on the West Bank, classrooms are now becoming frontlines of a quieter crisis: the ero...
15/07/2026

NEW: As conflict tightens its grip on the West Bank, classrooms are now becoming frontlines of a quieter crisis: the erosion of education. For students like 17-year-old Ahmad, daily life is shaped by checkpoints, raids, and fear, forcing younger generations to learn under constant disruption and uncertainty.

“How can I focus on the laws of physics or the rules of language when the sound of gunfire or raids fills the classroom?” As conflict tightens its grip on the West Bank, classrooms are becoming frontlines of a quieter crisis: the erosion of education.

Every year we open the Lacuna Writing Competition to all undergraduate and postgraduate students in Warwick Law School a...
29/06/2026

Every year we open the Lacuna Writing Competition to all undergraduate and postgraduate students in Warwick Law School and the Warwick Writing Programme. Students can submit a short piece of journalism, creative writing, memoir or some other artistic expression that appeals to the general public, on a current issue of their choosing that includes themes of injustice and human rights.

Find this year’s winning story by Balsher Singh Tiwana, along with other pieces from previous winners and runners-up in this collection.

The Lacuna Writing Competition is an annual opportunity organised by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Warwick Law School. Students can submit a short piece of journalism, creative writing, memoir or some other artistic expression th...

NEW: In April 2025, a parade of bulldozers carried out a forced demolition of 2,000 homes in Ahmedabad, India. Bengali ...
26/06/2026

NEW: In April 2025, a parade of bulldozers carried out a forced demolition of 2,000 homes in Ahmedabad, India. Bengali Vas wasn’t the first Muslim Bangladeshi migrant community to be reduced to rubble, and critics have questioned the legality and morality of such forced demolitions. Based on a web of news reports, this story highlights the people at the heart of these communities.

In April 2025, a parade of 50 bulldozers carried out a forced demolition of 2,000 homes, referred to as “encroachments”, around Chandola Lake, in Ahmedabad, India. Bangali Vas wasn’t the first poor Muslim community to be reduced to rubble, and critics have questioned the legality and morality ...

Refugees from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Ukraine have successfully integrated into local communities...
08/05/2026

Refugees from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Ukraine have successfully integrated into local communities across the length and breadth of Scotland. ‘New Scots’, a two-year project by photographer Angela Catlin and the Scottish Refugee Council, shares their stories. At a time of increasingly toxic debate over asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, the ‘New Scots’ photo project shows the positive contribution refugees bring to their new communities.

Refugees from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Ukraine have successfully integrated into local communities across the length and breadth of Scotland. ‘New Scots’, a project by photographer Angie Catlin and the Scottish Refugee Council, shares their stories. At a time of increasingl...

NEW: When Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was introduced in 2005, it was expected the indeterminate sentence wo...
17/04/2026

NEW: When Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was introduced in 2005, it was expected the indeterminate sentence would be rarely handed out. But despite the highly criticised scheme being abolished in 2012, IPP’s indefinite sentences have taken a devastating toll on the health of prisoners, including Taylor Atkinson, who was originally sentenced to less than four years, but ended his life after being held for more than 13.

https://lacuna.org.uk/justice/ipp-imprisonment

Though the contested IPP scheme was abandoned by the UK government in 2012, hundreds of people remain imprisoned without a release date.

NEW: When Israeli bombardment and displacements turn normal life upside down, how do autistic and non-verbal children in...
04/04/2026

NEW: When Israeli bombardment and displacements turn normal life upside down, how do autistic and non-verbal children in Palestine cope? In this new piece, Jenin shares the experiences of her autistic brother as the family faces confinement and upheaval, eventually turning to social media to raise funds. ​​

https://lacuna.org.uk/war-and-peace/gazas-autistic-children/

​​​When Israeli bombardment and repeated displacements turn normal life upside down, how do autistic and non-verbal children in Palestine cope? In Gaza, Jenin shares the experiences of her autistic brother as the family faces confinement and upheaval, eventually turning to social media to rais...

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