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Pastor Joseph Ita runs the Liberty Gospel church in Eket, and believes children, including babies, become witches by being passed poisoned food
Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer

Stop Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries of Nigeria from labeling children as witches.

Target:
Evangelist (Mrs.) Helen Ukpabio
Sponsored by: 
We the undersigned are outraged to hear about your churches labeling  children as witches. Unfortunately many of the children are starved, tortured, abandoned and even killed because their parents and the communities are afraid. The rest of humanity finds that this is evil and totally shameful. Please stop these shameful activities.

l do plead with you and your churches to stop the endangering of these innocent children, they are not evil, they are normal children and they have rights. If this doesn't stop soon Nigeria will no longer have a future and the world will have missed the gifts that these children will have gave to us all.  Please investigate your churches and make sure that they are not doing harm to any children.

Modified 3/5/08, 3/24/08

I want to let everyone know that I do not have any ties with SSN or CRARN. I do fully support them and they are truly appreciated.

This petition was written by me only and they had no influence on what I have stated in this petition.

Thank you,
Kelli Stowe



Sources:

Children of Nigeria

The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil

Pictures & Stories of the Children

Children are Targets of Nigerian Witch Hunt article by Tracy McViegh

Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN)

Stepping Stones Nigeria


Videos of the documentary:

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 1

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 2

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 3

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 4

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 5

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 6

You can also write letters to this church and to the Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria you can get the information here:

http://helpchildvictims.blogspot.com/2008/01/help-child-victims-of-torture-by.html


Related petition:

Demand A Law To Stop The Labeling Of Children As Witches

To eradicate the use of unprivileged children as modern day slaves








 
We the undersigned are outraged to hear about your churches labeling  children as witches. Unfortunately many of the children are starved, tortured, abandoned and even killed because their parents and the communities are afraid. The rest of humanity finds that this is evil and totally shameful. Please stop these shameful activities.

l do plead with you and your churches to stop the endangering of these innocent children, they are not evil, they are normal children and they have rights. If this doesn't stop soon Nigeria will no longer have a future and the world will have missed the gifts that these children will have gave to us all.  Please investigate your churches and make sure that they are not doing harm to any children.

Modified 3/5/08, 3/24/08

I want to let everyone know that I do not have any ties with SSN or CRARN. I do fully support them and they are truly appreciated.

This petition was written by me only and they had no influence on what I have stated in this petition.

Thank you,
Kelli Stowe



Sources:

Children of Nigeria

The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil

Pictures & Stories of the Children

Children are Targets of Nigerian Witch Hunt article by Tracy McViegh

Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN)

Stepping Stones Nigeria


Videos of the documentary:

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 1

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 2

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 3

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 4

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 5

Saving Africa's Witch Children Part 6

You can also write letters to this church and to the Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria you can get the information here:

http://helpchildvictims.blogspot.com/2008/01/help-child-victims-of-torture-by.html


Related petition:

Demand A Law To Stop The Labeling Of Children As Witches

To eradicate the use of unprivileged children as modern day slaves








 
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We signed the "Stop Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries of Nigeria from labeling children as witches." petition!
# 2,159:
2:11 am PST, Nov 19, Oliver Perry, United Kingdom
# 2,158:
4:12 pm PST, Nov 18, Pavla Perry, United Kingdom
They are CHILDREN!!!!!
# 2,157:
4:42 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Canada
Children should be playing & enjoying life NOT becoming an endangered species.
# 2,156:
3:46 am PST, Nov 17, Tania Naim, Lebanon
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8:29 pm PST, Nov 16, Charles Spriggs, Florida
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6:03 pm PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 2,153:
5:32 pm PST, Nov 16, Meghan Horan, Canada
Superstition is evil! Children are innocent. Leave them alone!
# 2,152:
2:28 pm PST, Nov 16, Kimberly Barkley, Ohio
# 2,151:
5:36 am PST, Nov 16, Sagrario Rilo, Spain
# 2,150:
3:48 am PST, Nov 16, Gladys Sawyerr, Nigeria
Hello, I'm against this act. I have been also accused of been a Witch in the Past and I thank God for my life today, been wrongly accused is something painful and I hate seeing this happen to other Innocent Kids.
# 2,149:
3:45 am PST, Nov 16, Aija Arikane, Ireland
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3:15 pm PST, Nov 15, De Andre Nickens, California
# 2,147:
10:51 am PST, Nov 15, Katy Capalbo, Michigan
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven”. Lets cherish them always and not let them be at the mercy of hypocritical evangelists. What is happening to these children is not Christianity but truly diabolical.
# 2,146:
10:32 am PST, Nov 15, Lilith Diamond, Italy
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4:38 am PST, Nov 15, Jim Treacy, Australia
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8:47 am PST, Nov 14, Adokwei Addo, Ghana
The future belongs to these innocent ones, they are a gift from god. save the future today
# 2,143:
7:26 am PST, Nov 14, Carole Sarcinello, Tennessee
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10:57 pm PST, Nov 13, Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
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10:06 pm PST, Nov 13, Madiha Hussaini, Illinois
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5:52 pm PST, Nov 13, Carol Leuenberger, California
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1:37 pm PST, Nov 13, Erin Keller, California
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12:58 pm PST, Nov 13, Jeri Mullins, Ohio
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12:07 pm PST, Nov 13, Lilith Graves, Florida
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3:31 am PST, Nov 13, Domenico Buono, Italy
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3:10 am PST, Nov 13, Gerold Fahrer, Germany
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2:11 pm PST, Nov 12, Deb Young, Pennsylvania
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12:10 pm PST, Nov 12, Maria Villalta Quiros, Costa Rica
Respect children!
# 2,132:
9:31 am PST, Nov 12, Carole Wesley, United Kingdom
# 2,131:
8:58 am PST, Nov 12, Patricia Schoenberger, Minnesota
I cannot believe that you people call yourselves Christians. You are the ones perpetuating evil, not those poor children.
# 2,130:
6:15 am PST, Nov 12, Gonçalves Maria Dulce Vaz, Portugal
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3:50 am PST, Nov 12, Allanna Linville, Texas
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3:35 am PST, Nov 12, Cecilia Bowerman, Australia
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2:45 am PST, Nov 12, Crystal Lotus, Australia
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1:51 am PST, Nov 12, Sylvain Parreaux, France
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10:47 pm PST, Nov 11, Name not displayed, Washington
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7:25 pm PST, Nov 11, Meg Fullam, Georgia
We were all made in God's image. Jesus said " let the children come to me". Children are precious gifts and never witches. The evil is in the minds of the people hurting these innocent children! Please, stop this.
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5:49 pm PST, Nov 11, Alisha Nickols, California
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5:34 pm PST, Nov 11, Maricarmen Casabella Yanes, Spain
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5:25 pm PST, Nov 11, Lyhann O'Shaughnessy, Mexico
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5:21 pm PST, Nov 11, Kari Dennis, Florida
# 2,119:
3:27 pm PST, Nov 11, Carole Cross, Colorado
Please understand that God is incarnate in every person, place and thing we see in this world. Who gave you the right to judge and condemn and torture anyone based on your erroneous beliefs that you are right and those who do not hold the same beliefs are wrong? You need to reread the memo from God and understand the Truth of Oneness. Please be conscious and join this loving, kind world, as Jesus asked us to do so many years ago.
# 2,118:
2:13 pm PST, Nov 11, Edith Suarez, Mexico
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# 2,117:
1:30 pm PST, Nov 11, Audra Raulinaitis, Illinois
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1:09 pm PST, Nov 11, Kim Ora-a, Hawaii
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12:52 pm PST, Nov 11, Birdie B, Texas
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12:19 pm PST, Nov 11, Sonia Ness, Illinois
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12:14 pm PST, Nov 11, Sandy Gilbert, California
# 2,112:
10:55 am PST, Nov 11, Laura Tatti, Italy
# 2,111:
10:52 am PST, Nov 11, Dian Wright, Texas
More Cowards! Can't (or won't) pick on someone your own size... Much easier to pick on the children!
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8:26 am PST, Nov 11, Kelly Cleveland, Colorado
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8:17 am PST, Nov 11, Larry Hawley, Maryland
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7:50 am PST, Nov 11, Angela Yearian, Illinois
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6:08 am PST, Nov 11, Janine Boguslawski, New York
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6:05 am PST, Nov 11, Kaisuorvokki Manning, Finland
Stop torture!
# 2,105:
5:23 am PST, Nov 11, NICK DAVIS, Canada
# 2,104:
5:02 am PST, Nov 11, Andrea Fanara, Argentina
this is unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
# 2,103:
4:42 am PST, Nov 11, Biljana Nikolic, Serbia And Montenegro
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3:16 am PST, Nov 11, Vanbuggenhout Viviane, Belgium
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2:35 am PST, Nov 11, David Belcher, Canada
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