The colonial government passed a plethora of laws to suppress free expression or dissent against Smiths racist policies and they brutally enforced these laws to target liberation leaders.
Serikali ya kikoloni ilipitisha idadi kubwa ya sheria za kukandamiza kujieleza au kupinga sera za kibaguzi za Smith na ilitekeleza sheria hizi kwa ukatili mno kuwalenga viongozi wa ukombozi.