The Beacon Digest is the online publication of The Beacon, dedicated to bringing alternative journalism and advocacy on human rights issues to light. By featuring interactive, ‘digestible’, multimedia student contributions, we aim to promote dialogue and thought around pertinent problems facing humanity through various means of exposition.
We recognise that some of the best ideas transcend letters, numbers, and prose, oftentimes expressible only through creative facets. This is the exact reason Beacon Digest was created: to publish compositions across various mediums and topics related to human rights, in a digital environment that amplifies passionate voices fighting for justice, equality, and humanity.
We welcome all kinds of submissions, from poetry, films, and paintings, to essays, music, and graphic art. There are no restrictions when it comes to the kind of work we publish on the Beacon Digest as we believe in making use of the versatility of digital publications to allow for multiple narratives and perspectives to shine and reach a wider audience.
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Bias and its Benefits
Radmila Yarovaya The legal framework provides one with a clear framework as to how to change unjust laws, represent one’s interests and push for societal change through individual cases. However, most can never take advantage of this as when they come face to face with the legal system, the ordinary citizen realizes that the law, Read more
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Interview with Selvakumaran Ramachandran: Head of United Nations Development for South Sudan
Radmila Yarovaya Hands shaking and voice recorder turned on, I punched in the last few digits of a familiar number and waited for someone to pick up the phone. Without a doubt the Head of United Nations Development for South Sudan is a hard person to get a hold of, even if his daughter is Read more
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The Wall: Human Rights in the West Bank (a photo essay)
There is a 708 kilometer long concrete barrier running through Bethlehem acting as the division between Israel and Palestine, with large towers every few meters filled with Israel soldiers monitoring the world down below. However, this line does not act in accordance with the official Green Line borders as articulated in 1967 in Resolution 242, Read more
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Interview with Greg Kahn: Human Rights & Photography
Greg Kahn (b. 1981) is an American documentary fine art photographer. Kahn grew up in a small coastal town in Rhode Island, and attended The George Washington University in Washington D.C. In August of 2012, Kahn co-founded GRAIN Images with his wife Lexey, and colleague Tristan Spinski. Interview originally conducted in 2018. Photography and photojournalism have Read more
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Hitching through West Africa
When you put your trust in people, they reciprocate. When hitchhiking, you are able to jump into people’s worlds for minutes to hours, (from 1km to 453km), learning about their families, jobs, politics. It is a deep dive, the absolute fastest way into learning about a new place. People are shocked that you are visiting Read more
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Human Rights, the Inherent Nobility of Human Nature, and Education
Nabil Kalantar One of the primary challenges in securing and protecting the human rights of every member of the world’s population is that the concept of ‘universal human rights’ is often considered to be an expression of cultural imperialism, imposed by one part of the world on another, trampling self-determination and diversity (Binder, 1999). Numerous Read more
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