March 16, 2012 (25 images)

Actor George Clooney (C) joins civil rights activist Dick Gregory (L), Clooney's father Nick Clooney (2nd,R), Rep. Al Green (D-TX), (R) and Rep. Jim Moran (C, behind Clooney) as they take part in a protest rally by a number of organizations in front of the Sudanese Embassy, March 16, 2012, in Washington, DC. Clooney and the demonstrators are calling for more international pressure on the Khartoum government to stop military action against civilians in the new state of South Sudan. UPI/Mike Theiler

Civil rights activist Dick Gregory makes remarks as Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), (L), and Martin Luther King III (R) listen as they attend a protest rally by a number of organizations in front of the Sudanese Embassy on March 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Gregory and the demonstrators are calling for more international pressure on the Khartoum government to stop military action against civilians in the new state of South Sudan. UPI/Mike Theiler

Actor George Clooney (C) in handcuffs is arrested along with Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), (R), after taking part in a protest rally by a number of organizations in front of the Sudanese Embassy, March 16, 2012, in Washington, DC. Clooney and the demonstrators are calling for more international pressure on the Khartoum government to stop military action against civilians in the new state of South Sudan. UPI/Mike Theiler

Actor George Clooney in handcuffs is arrested after taking part in a protest rally by a number of organizations in front of the Sudanese Embassy, March 16, 2012, in Washington, DC. Clooney and the demonstrators are calling for more international pressure on the Khartoum government to stop military action against civilians in the new state of South Sudan. UPI/Mike Theiler