{"id":85133,"date":"2025-08-30T17:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/killa-ace-advocates-law-reforms-post-prison-release"},"modified":"2025-08-30T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:18:14","slug":"killa-ace-advocates-law-reforms-post-prison-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/killa-ace-advocates-law-reforms-post-prison-release","title":{"rendered":"Killa Ace Advocates Law Reforms Post Prison Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Gambian rapper and activist Ali Cham alias Killa Ace is demanding urgent legal and systemic reforms following his release from Mile 2 Central Prisons. He was among 23 protesters arrested last week for demonstrating against a controversial data price increase by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The group was granted bail on Wednesday by Magistrate Touray of the Kanifing Magistrates\u2019 Court. Each person\u2019s bail was set at D50,000,00 with the condition of a Gambian surety or a biometric ID.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the beach around Palma Rima Beach Hotel, where they went for bathing purification after their release, Killa Ace said the experience highlighted the need for fundamental change in the country. \u201cA lot of things are lacking, from the constitution to security sector reform,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s up to us, the Gambian people, to keep those in power in check and remind them they have a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pledged that the protests would continue despite the arrests. \u201cWe will never be intimidated. We are lawful, we are legal,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the young people out there, be disciplined, mobilize, be aware, be informed, and we will continue the revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Killa Ace also revealed that his dreadlocks were forcibly cut off in prison, a tactic he described as a deliberate effort to intimidate him. \u201cIt is part of the methods used to break people down, whether through brutalization, incommunicado detention, or taking away something dear to you,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut my hair will grow again. These are all intimidation tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He criticized Mile II\u2019s continued use of what he called \u201ccolonial-era\u201d prison regulations dating back to the 1950s. He argued that these laws were designed to suppress anti-colonial activists by denying them books and stripping their confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prison was built by the British with limited ventilation and harsh conditions, and successive governments from Jawara to Jammeh to now have failed to repeal these colonial laws,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must go to the National Assembly and reform a lot of these laws, including rules like cutting off your hair before entering prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The activist concluded by reaffirming his resilience in the face of such adversity. \u201cThis is my third set of dreadlocks,\u201d he stated. \u201cI grow Rasta (dreadlocks), Rasta doesn\u2019t grow me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Gambian rapper and activist Ali Cham alias Killa Ace is demanding urgent legal and systemic reforms following his release from Mile 2 Central Prisons. He was among 23 protesters arrested last week for demonstrating against a controversial data price increase by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). 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