The SYL accused Britain of massacring Somalis under military administration

Evidence

In our letter dated October 6th, 1949, we informed the Committee of the drastic action of the Military Administration in Somaliland… . The British … remain[] free to continue massacring the Somalis, arresting, convicting and deporting the Somali Chiefs and Sheikhs and banning the League branches in the interior. In spite of this, the committee has failed to intervene immediately in this serious matter. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 279