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| George Clooney arrested at Sudan embassy | George Clooney arrested at Sudan embassy |
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| George Clooney has been arrested for civil disobedience during a demonstration outside Sudan's embassy in Washington DC. | George Clooney has been arrested for civil disobedience during a demonstration outside Sudan's embassy in Washington DC. |
| The actor was taking part in a protest to warn of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan. | The actor was taking part in a protest to warn of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan. |
| His father, Nick, was also detained during the demonstration. | His father, Nick, was also detained during the demonstration. |
| George Clooney is a keen Sudan activist and has made a number of trips to the region. | |
| The Hollywood star, his father and fellow activists were led away in handcuffs after reportedly ignoring repeated police warnings to leave the embassy grounds. | |
| Secret Service spokesman George Oglivie told the BBC: "George Clooney was arrested for crossing a police line at the Sudan embassy and he'll be transported to the Metropolitan police department second district." | |
| Also arrested, said Mr Oglivie, were Martin Luther King III, son of the civil rights leader; Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern; Virginia Democratic Congressman Jim Moran; and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Ben Jealous. | |
| Clooney's arrest comes a day after he met President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss the Sudan situation. | |
| The actor recently secretly travelled across the border to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, where his group apparently witnessed a rocket attack. | |
| He told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week that what was happening in the region was "ominously similar" to the violence in Darfur. | |
| The UN estimates that nearly 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million been displaced since the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003. |