George Clooney & Members of Congress Arrested Outside Sudanese Embassy Calling for Human Rights in Sudan
5 min readGeorge Clooney and at least one congressman were arrested Friday outside of the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. The arrests were anticipated and part of the actor’s effort to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The actor, his father and politicians were protesting the country’s b…
George Clooney arrested, handcuffed, outside Sudan embassy in DC
Plastic handcuffs were used on actor George Clooney, who was arrested Friday for a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington.
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The arrests took place at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington DC on March 16. Activists were to there protestin
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