George Clooney Arrested Following Peaceful Protest Outside Sudanese Embassy

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Mr. Clooney was arrested alongside three current members of Congress, Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous and others following a peaceful demonstration on the embassy's private grounds.

"We need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world," Clooney told gathered members of the media shortly after police handcuffed him.


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Former congressman and United to End Genocide President Tom Andrews, who was also arrested, called on President Barack Obama and US leaders to do more to end the current crisis.

"We need to hear the outrage from President Obama and see robust international leadership," he said. "The United States should immediately do everything in its power to get food to the region before people starve and increase sanctions on [President Omar al] Bashir and his forces."


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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. I absolutely love this guy!

Rec!