HRW found that while Lebanese activist groups have had some success in "shaming" the police service's Internal Security Forces by "documenting abuses and publicizing the accounts of victims", General Security was "less susceptible to public pressure, which has made abuses against LGBT people by General Security more difficult to counter." 
Shirika la Haki za Binadamu liligundua kuwa wakati makundi ya wanaharakati nchini Lebanoni wakifanikiwa " kuziaibisha" huduma za polisi Usalama wa Ndani kwa "kuandika kuhusu ukatili na kuweka wazi taarifa za wahanga", Mkuu wa Ulinzi "amehusishwa kidogo hivyo shinikizo la umma linapata ugumu katika kukabiliana na unyanyasaji wa mashoga unaofanywa na Mkuu huyo wa Ulinzi."