On the 22nd of February 2010, tens of thousands of Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea took to the streets of Washington, DC to protest against the unfair , unjust and illegal Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009) and the sanctions against Eritrea. The demonstration in Washington, DC is part of the world wide day of protest. Similar rallies were conducted in San Francisco, CA, Melbourne Australia, and Geneva Switzerland.

Hundreds of thousands of Eritrean nationals in different parts of the world staged extensive demonstrations denouncing the unjust and vicious UN sanctions resolution 1907 against Eritrea yesterday February 22, 2010. The demonstrations were staged in Washington DC and San Francisco in the United States, Geneva at the European level and Canberra city at the level of Australia and New Zealand.