Intl film festival on human rights concludes tomorrow.

ISLAMABAD -- The sixteen-day International Film Festival highlighting human rights through cinematography arranged by United Nations Information Center in Islamabad (UNIC) in collaboration with European Union, will conclude here on Monday (tomorrow) after screening 27 thematic documentaries and films in various parts of the country.

The event was arranged in celebration of 70 years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 4th edition of the international film festival screened thematic documentaries in Gujrat, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Mardan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi and Swat.

These documentaries were focused on the universality of human rights and related human stories across the world. Among the key themes were freedom of expression, minority rights, gender equality, access to justice and death penalty. Screenings were followed by discussions with film makers, journalists, government and civil society representatives and human rights defenders.

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