Lebanese authorities should adopt wide-ranging measures to combat torture, including creating a national monitoring body for detention facilities, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

The Lebanese government should further bring national laws and practices in compliance with its international obligations to prevent and combat torture, the New York-based rights group said on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

A group of local organizations also issued a joint statement calling on the government to adopt such measures.

Their appeal came after leaked video clips showed Roumieh prison guards beating Islamist inmates.

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