British colonial reprisals punished entire Somali communities collectively for one man’s crime

Evidence

British retaliation was random and went well beyond proportional measures with massive communal roundups. Captain Fitzpatrick, commanding British officer in Qalafo, who Somalis nicknamed “afar indhood” (the four eyed), had a reputation for cruelty. … In these operations Fitzpatrick rounded up large herds of camels from the nomads, and he also withheld the salaries of the chiefs in area, who were employees of the state. Such collective penalties continued, although the commander, Collinwood, stationed in Qabridahare, had already punished the community for the same “crimes.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 200

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth checking when or whether the British administration of Somalia’s interior (this appears to be Haud/Ogaden-era Trusteeship administration territory) ever faced international censure for collective punishment policies.