VIDEO: Eritrean from USA and Canada stage demonstration in Washington, DC denouncing US sanctions resolution
Tens Of Thousands Of Eritrean Citizens Stage Demonstration In Washington D.C.
Asmara, 23 February 2010 – Tens of thousands of Eritrean nationals yesterday staged extensive demonstration in Washington D.C. to express anger and condemnation over the shameful and unjust US sanctions resolution, in addition to voicing determination to strengthen the national resolute rebuff.
The participants who traveled long hours from various cities to take part in the demonstration assembled in front of the Office of the US Secretary of State chanting different slogans denouncing the vicious resolution and calling for its annulment.
The demonstration that was transmitted live via ERI-TV and Dimtsi Hafash also attracted the attention and coverage of a number of media outlets.
The participants stated that the Eritrean people would never kneel down as a result of external hostility, and asserted that they would fulfill what is expected of them in backing up the national resolute rebuff.
The nationals and foreign friends of Eritrea who took active participation in the demonstration to echo the voice of truth and justice through enduring all challenges and extremely cold weather submitted petition representing over 100,000 signatories to pertinent US State Department officials denouncing the unjust sanctions resolution.
Also as part of the worldwide demonstration, tens of thousands of Eritrean citizens staged demonstration in San Francisco city on the same day expressing readiness to foil enemy acts of hostility and reinforce the national resolute rebuff. Furthermore, they expressed conviction that Eritrea would keep on marching along the course of progress and prosperity on the basis of independent path. (Shabait)
Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government
- President Isaias Afewerki
Independence
- From Italy November 1941
- From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951
- from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991
- From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993
Area
- Total 117,600 km2 (100th)
45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population
- 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th)
- 2008 census 5,291,370
- Density 43.1/km2 (165th)
111.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total $3.625 billion[5]
- Per capita $681[5]
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $2.117 billion[5]
- Per capita $397[5]
HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th)
Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code ER
Internet TLD .er
Calling code 291
1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million...
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The participants who traveled long hours from various cities to take part in the demonstration assembled in front of the Office of the US Secretary of State chanting different slogans denouncing the vicious resolution and calling for its annulment. 
