Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Armitage Report was a report into the actions of the Nyasaland government in declaring a State of Emergency in March 1959 and the aftermath of that declaration. It was supposed to have been prepared by the Governor of Nyasaland, Robert Perceval Armitage but in fact prepared by a working party that included Armitage, under the direction of senior Colonial Office officials, in an attempt to counteract criticisms contained in the Report of the Devlin Commission. Both reports accepted that a State of Emergency was necessary in view of the level of unrest in Nyasaland, but the Armitage Report approved of the subsequent actions of the police and troops, whereas the Devlin Report criticised their illegal use and stigmatised the Nyasaland government's suppression of criticism as justifying it being called a “police state”. Although the Armitage Report was used by the government of the day to discredit the Devlin Report initially, and to rejected many of the Devlin Commission's findings, in the longer term the Devlin Report helped to convince the British Government that the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was not acceptable to its African majority and should be dissolved. Devlin was vindicated and approached for advice on constitutional change, but Armitage was seen as an obstacle to progress and asked to leave Nyasaland prematurely."@en }
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- Armitage_Report abstract "The Armitage Report was a report into the actions of the Nyasaland government in declaring a State of Emergency in March 1959 and the aftermath of that declaration. It was supposed to have been prepared by the Governor of Nyasaland, Robert Perceval Armitage but in fact prepared by a working party that included Armitage, under the direction of senior Colonial Office officials, in an attempt to counteract criticisms contained in the Report of the Devlin Commission. Both reports accepted that a State of Emergency was necessary in view of the level of unrest in Nyasaland, but the Armitage Report approved of the subsequent actions of the police and troops, whereas the Devlin Report criticised their illegal use and stigmatised the Nyasaland government's suppression of criticism as justifying it being called a “police state”. Although the Armitage Report was used by the government of the day to discredit the Devlin Report initially, and to rejected many of the Devlin Commission's findings, in the longer term the Devlin Report helped to convince the British Government that the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was not acceptable to its African majority and should be dissolved. Devlin was vindicated and approached for advice on constitutional change, but Armitage was seen as an obstacle to progress and asked to leave Nyasaland prematurely.".