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Arrests at Sudan Embassy

HeadlineJul 21, 2004

Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Hoeffel and political comedian and activist Dick Gregory were arrested yesterday in a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington DC. They were arrested as part of a campaign calling on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Sudan and suspend the country”s membership on the U. N. Human Rights Commission.

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