Washington ? Seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus were arrested at the Embassy of Sudan on Tuesday while protesting conditions in the nation’s Darfur region.

“We will not tolerate genocide,” said Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., the caucus chairman. “We are saying to Sudan this has got to stop.”

The seven were taken away in Secret Service cars after blocking the entrance to an embassy. They were released a short time later after paying $50 fines.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., wore a green T-shirt that read, “End the Darfur Genocide.”

Lee said she visited the Darfur region, where “I saw the desperation in the eyes of the people.”

The Sudanese government and main Darfur rebel group signed an agreement on May 5 to end Darfur’s three-year civil war, which has killed at least 180,000 and displaced some 2 million people. But there have been several attacks since the signing, U.N. officials said.

The other lawmakers arrested Tuesday were Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., Al Green, D-Texas, Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, Gwen Moore, D-Wis., and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat.