Clooney arrested during protest at Sudanese embassy

George Clooney and his father were arrested yesterday during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.

The protesters accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba mountains in the county’s border region with South Sudan.

Clooney, his father, Nick Clooney, and others were arrested after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy. Those taken into custody included NAACP president Ben Jealous, Martin Luther King III, and actor and comedian Dick Gregory.