News and Reports

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos Released from Prison in Nicaragua!

Published on: March 5, 2024

DOHI Staff Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos from Nicaragua was released from prison on January 14. He was sent into exile with 18 other Roman Catholic leaders. Previously, he had served as Bishop of Matagalpa from 2011 until his arrest in 2022. The anti-government protests of 2018 saw hundreds of priests, activists, students, and political leaders imprisoned. The violent response of President […]

Bishop Rolando Alvarez Lagos – Nicaragua RELEASED!

Published on: March 4, 2024

BACKGROUND SUMMARY Rolando Álvarez Lagos served as Bishop of Matagalpa from 2011 until his arrest in 2022. The anti-government protests of 2018 saw hundreds of priests, activists, students, and political leaders imprisoned. In the years following, arrests continue and, as a result, tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled into exile, witnessing the violent response […]

Ebrahim Firouzi: Persecuted Iranian Christian Has Passed Away at 37

Published on: March 4, 2024

LATEST UPDATE!  It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the sad news that Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi, 37, has passed away into glory. He was a faithful, genuine, and humble follower of Jesus. In the face of persecution and exiled to Sistan and Baluchestan, a remote Islamic area of Iran bordering […]

500 KG BOMB DESTROYS CHURCH AND KILLS PRIEST IN KHARKIV

Published on: February 29, 2024

DOHI STAFF As the Russian-Ukraine War enters its third year, FAB-500 bombs were dropped over the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine. One of those bombs fell on the Church of Jesus Christ in the city of Kupiansk, killing at least four people. Yuriy Klymko, 58, a priest and Ukrainian military chaplain, was found under the […]

YR IN REVIEW

Published on: February 7, 2024

Are We Paying Enough Attention to Christian Suffering in the World?

Published on: February 6, 2024

DOHI STAFF   “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:26   The 2023 statistics on the state of Christian persecution in the world […]

Hakop Gochumyan – Iran

Published on: January 15, 2024

BACKGROUND SUMMARY In the summer of 2023, Hakop Gochumyan, an Armenian citizen, and his wife Elisa, a dual Iranian-Armenian citizen, were on vacation in Iran visiting Elisa’s extended family. Their two children, ages 7 and 10, were with the couple. On the evening of August 15, as Hakop and Elisa visited friends in a suburb […]

Nigeria Excluded from the State Department’s List of the World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators

Published on: January 11, 2024

DOHI Staff The Biden Administration has once again left Nigeria off of the U.S. State Department’s list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom. This is in spite of the fact that statistics show that 90% of all Christians who lost their lives for the sake of the Gospel globally in 2023 were killed […]

Spreading Christ’s Abundant Love at Christmas

Published on: December 20, 2023

A Story of Hope and Love

Published on: December 13, 2023

Imagine you’re a child in a cold refugee camp. You’ve escaped a brutal war in your home country and you just wish life could go back to “normal.” But for now you must wait with your family — or without, if the war left you an orphan. Or imagine you’re a child in a very […]