George Clooney was arrested in Washington DC this morning during a protest over the crisis in Sudan. Clooney led a protest outside of the Sudan Embassy before being taken away by secret service agents.

Clooney’s publicist Stan Rosenfield tells TMZ, “They were protesting the violence committed by the government of Sudan on its own innocent men, women and children. They were demanding they allow humanitarian aid into the country before it becomes the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”

Among the dozen people that got arrested are George Clooney’s father, Nick Clooney, congressmen, Sudanese citizens, other activists and leaders representing the human rights community.

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