Im stephen sackur. President Daniel Ortega of nicaragua has been in powerfor the last 11 years, but this year hes faced popular protests and demands that he go. His response repression and defiance. Well, my guest today here in washington, dc is leading nicaraguan dissident and now a leader of the opposition in exile, felix maradiaga. Is change finally coming to nicaraguan nicaragua . Felix maradiaga, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. It is now seven months since popular protest erupted in nicaragua, and for a time it seemed there was a real chance of change coming to your country. Do you feel that that window of opportunity has now closed . I think that the window of opportunity for a quick fix has ended. I feel that the situation is more complicated. On the other hand, the average citizen of nicaragua, the average nicaraguan, is still interested in transition towards democracy. So i think that we have not only a chance but a Firm Commitment to move towards democracy. Would you accept t
Im stephen sackur. President daniel 0rtega of nicaragua has been in powerfor the last 11 years, but this year hes faced popular protests and demands that he go. His response repression and defiance. Well, my guest today here in washington, dc is leading nicaraguan dissident and now a leader of the opposition in exile, felix maradiaga. Is change finally coming to nicaraguan nicaragua . Felix maradiaga, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. It is now seven months since popular protest erupted in nicaragua, and for a time it seemed there was a real chance of change coming to your country. Do you feel that that window of opportunity has now closed . I think that the window of opportunity for a quick fix has ended. I feel that the situation is more complicated. 0n the other hand, the average citizen of nicaragua, the average nicaraguan, is still interested in transition towards democracy. So i think that we have not only a chance but a Firm Commitment to move towards democracy. Would you accept t
term in office at the communist party congress. and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. we begin in iran where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. in a tweet the us state department says: gunshots officials say that seven people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. we can now speak to jared genser, who s a lawyer representing siamak namazi an iranian american, whose family said he was taken back into custody to the prison, this week after a temporary release. thank you for talking to us. have you had any contact with your client? your clien
santiago sees the return of the zombie walk after a three year gap due to coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. in a tweet the us state department says: jared genser is a lawyer representing siamak namazi who is a jailed iranian american, whose family say they haven t heard from him. we haven t had contact with him since word came out about the clashes, gunfire, explosions, etc. we have no idea where he is or how he is doing and we would call on the government of iran to immediately enable him to call his family i
we start this hour with some breaking news and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but the reuters news agency is reporting that the deaths happened as people stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what can you tell us? this incident what can you tell us? this incident took what can you tell us? this incident took place - what can you tell us? this incident took place on - what can you tell us? ti 3 incident took place on saturday night. two teams were playing a match, arema fc versus persebaya surabaya. the trouble is thought to have started when the home team lost and thousands of people rush towards the pitch. now, there is footage on social media showing quite dramatic scenes of people rushing towards the middle of the stadium. police can also be seen firing tear gas at supporters who were running