News and Reports
Haile Naigzhe-Eritrea
Published on: November 9, 2023
BACKGROUND SUMMARY In 2002, the Eritrean government shut down and banned all religious groups except the Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran churches, as well as Sunni Islam. As a result of the government’s action, banned churches were forced to go underground. Eritrean officials then responded by undertaking a campaign to locate the underground churches and […]
Kiflu Gebremeskel-Eritrea
Published on: November 9, 2023
BACKGROUND SUMMARY Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel was the founder and senior pastor of Southwest Full Gospel Church and a member of the executive committee of the Full Gospel Church of Eritrea. The Full Gospel Church of Eritrea is one of the country’s largest Pentecostal networks which comprises about 150 house church groups. Kiflu has a Ph.D. […]
Chang Hao-China
Published on: November 9, 2023
BACKGROUND SUMMARY Chang Hao is a rural house church leader from Zhaotong, Yunnan province. He has been very active in social justice issues in his local community, organizing prayer meetings and supporting persecuted churches. Local authorities have summoned Pastor Chang on multiple occasions to question him about his activities. This year he was arrested on […]
Shagufta Kiran-Pakistan
Published on: November 9, 2023
BACKGROUND SUMMARY Shagufta, a nurse by profession, was part of a WhatsApp group called ‘Pure Discussion’ for Christian teachers and preachers. In 2020, members of an extremist Muslim group joined ‘Pure Discussion’ and collected what they deemed to be “blasphemous material.” They then submitted the messages to the authorities by filing an information report with […]
12 Clergy Released from Prison in Nicaragua!
Published on: October 29, 2023
DOHI NEWS Twelve Catholic priests have been released from prison following negotiations between the Vatican and Nicaraguan officials. The priests, arrested in 2022 and 2023 on various charges, were given two choices: indefinite detainment in a Nicaraguan prison, or the revoking of their citizenship and permanent exile. All twelve have gone into exile and will […]
On Repeat in Pakistan: Christians Arrested Once Again on False Accusations of Blasphemy
Published on: September 19, 2023
DOHI NEWS On September 9, an accusation of blasphemy by a Muslim neighbor led police to arrest a Christian couple in the Dogaij Chowki area of Harbanspura, Lahore. Authorities, fearful of a repetition of the violent events in Jaranwala from three weeks ago, took Shaukat Masih, 33, and his 28-year-old wife, Kiran, into custody. The couple […]
Belarus Persecutes New Life Church in Minsk
Published on: September 12, 2023
DOHI News At a closed hearing on August 23, a Minsk court ruled that two internet posts published on New Life Church’s social media accounts from 2020 were “extremist” in their content and contained “direct calls to extremist actions.” Surprisingly, only Judge Tatyana Skopets and her secretary, Aleksandra Levkevich, were present at the hearing. The […]
MOB ATTACKS CHRISTIANS, DESTROYING CHURCHES
Published on: August 22, 2023
DOHI News Today, I received emails from several of our field workers and ministry partners in Pakistan asking for URGENT prayer for Christians living in Pakistan. Families from the Christian community in Jaranwala, Faisalabad are living in terror after hundreds of Muslims, armed with sticks, rocks and gasoline stormed the Christian community. On August 16, […]
Iran Attempts to Erase Evidence of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ by Closing Infamous Prison
Published on: August 12, 2023
DOHI NEWS Gohardasht Prison (also known as Rajai Shahr Prison) is a name synonymous with torture, rape and murder. Nonetheless, the systemic executions and brutal interrogations of prisoners of conscience and former members of the overthrown monarchical government committed after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 has only added to its well-established notoriety. Estimates from former […]
Ukraine: Pastor Misha “Who is My Neighbor?”
Published on: July 14, 2023
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