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George was taken away by secret service agents March 16 while protesting the crisis in Sudan.

George Clooney‘s humanitarian efforts have landed him behind bars! The Oscar winner was arrested March 16 in Washington D.C., while protesting “violence committed by the government of Sudan on its own innocent men, women and children,” his publicist tells TMZ. “They were demanding they allow humanitarian aid into the country before it becomes the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”

TMZ is reporting that more than dozen other people were arrested during the protest, including George’s dad Nick Clooney!