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The actor's arrest comes just 24 hours after he testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding relief efforts in Sudan. Both Clooney and his father were among a number of people protesting Sudan's blockade of humanitarian aid to its people. The Clooneys have since been released from jail.

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell was able to speak with Clooney during the protest where he told her, "It's actually a humiliating thing to be arrested no matter what you do, but I'm proud to be standing here with my father. The second thing, he said, "is for the government in Khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women and children. Stop raping them and stop starving them. That's all we ask. Protesters had begun gathering in the street before the protest began and converged on the Embassy once Clooney and the others arrived, holding signs reading "Stop Bombing Civilians Now!

Clooney: War criminals must be famous Clooney: Sudanese still living in fear Clooney was given three warnings to leave the property but was eventually booked while fighting for justice. The arrest occurs just two days after Clooney testified before the Senate Foreign Relations committee after arriving back into the United States from a trip to Sudan. Clooney has been passionate about the end to violence in Sudan for many years and is co-founder of the Sudan Sentinel Project with John Prendergast co-founder of Enough Project to monitor human rights abuses in Sudan.

Clooney, a long-time celebrity activist critical of the Khartoum government, had been expected to provoke police into arresting him. Others arrested on Friday included several U. Tom Andrews, president of United to End Genocide, another group involved in the protest, said the United States government should raise the heat on Khartoum to stop the violence and allow humanitarian access.