Actor George Clooney led a protest March 16 outside of the Sudan Embassy calliing on Omar Al-Bashir, an alleged war-criminal, to stop the violence and allow humanitarian aid into the country.
Clooney was then arrested.
Among others who were arrested were Clooney's Father Nick Clooney, Congressmen Jim McGovern, D-MA, Al Green, D-TX, Jim Moran, D-VA., and John Olver D-MA; Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous; and Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast, according to a police statement.
Clooney was released from jail after 2 p.m. when he "posted and forfeited" $100 bond.