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Pastors Haile Nayzgi, Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel and Meron Gebreselasie: Two Decades in Prison in Eritrea

Published on: August 10, 2024

The following is an excerpt from the USCIRF website on religious freedom violations in Eritrea – May 2024. According to our sources on the ground, the numbers of Believers imprisoned in Eritrea because of their faith in Jesus Christ is 4 to 6 times greater than what the USCIRF has estimated in this report. Washington, DC […]

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Published on: July 8, 2024

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An Answer to Prayer! The Release of Two Ukrainian Priests Held Captive by Russia

Published on: July 5, 2024

DOHI STAFF Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a social media post on X, announced the long-awaited release of Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests, Fathers Ivan Levytsky and Bohdan Heleta, from Russian captivity. Zelenskyy proudly stated that the Christian priests “are here with us now. They both preached the Word of God in Berdyansk, in the Ukrainian […]

A Note from Bulgaria on Ukraine

Published on: June 13, 2024

Written by: Teresa, DOHI fieldworker (Vidin, Northwestern Bulgaria) “In February 2022, as bombs began to fall on Ukraine, I met Ruslana and her two children in a small city in northwestern Bulgaria. She had just arrived from Odessa, a beautiful city on the Black Sea, with a group of Ukrainian mothers and their children who were […]

Urgent Prayer Needed for Imprisoned Pakistani Christian Zafar Bhatti

Published on: June 4, 2024

URGENT PRAYER NEEDED: Pray for the Immediate Release of Imprisoned Pakistani Christian Zafar Bhatti Dear Praying Friends, This week, your prayers are urgently needed for imprisoned Christian Zafar Bhatti. He has a very real chance of being released on bail! Over the last several years, Zafar has battled one health problem after another while […]

CHRISTIAN FAMILY ATTACKED OVER FALSE BLASPHEMY ACCUSATIONS

Published on: May 30, 2024

DOHI STAFF UPDATE: We have been informed by our ministry partners that Brother Nazir has died due to his injuries. We ask that you keep his family and the Christian community in prayer at this time. Thank you! New allegations of blasphemy levelled against an elderly Christian man and his son in Gillwala colony, Sargodha, […]

American Missionaries Killed, Bodies Burned

Published on: May 28, 2024

DOHI Staff Davy (23) and Natalie Lloyd (21), a young missionary couple, serving with Oklahoma-based nonprofit Missions in Haiti, along with Haitian director Jude Montis (45), were attacked and killed at their mission’s base in Lizon, north of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. On May 24th, Missions in Haiti asked for urgent prayer on their Facebook page […]

MEXICO: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DISPLACE 150 BAPTISTS

Published on: May 24, 2024

DOHI STAFF One hundred and fifty members of the Great Commission Baptist Church in Hidalgo state, Mexico, were forcibly displaced from their communities by government officials. According to sources, these same officials are applying pressure on the church’s leaders and their members to sign an agreement that would impose fines on the victims, ban […]

The Freedom of Religion Victim’s List: Documented Cases

Published on: May 7, 2024

DOHI STAFF Every year the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) identifies and documents victims that have been “imprisoned, or detained, have disappeared, been placed under house arrest, been tortured, or subjected to forced renunciation of faith for their religious activity or religious freedom advocacy by the government of a foreign country” and, […]