Italian authorities refused impartial investigation into repression of Somali nationalists

Evidence

When the SYL appealed to the trusteeship authorities to look into the abuses in Baidoa, Fornari delegated one of those the SYL accused, Bernardelli, to respond to the party’s claims. … In this method it was allowed that shops and houses of the non-pro-Italians be sacked and destroyed and that even Somali administrative staff be imprisoned for giving shelter to the refugees. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1245