Prominent Egyptian blogger and Twitter user Sandmonkey has been arrested today, amid a crackdown on activists and human rights organisations in Egypt. He has since been released, after being beaten up, and medical supplies he had on him to help those in Tahrir Square confiscated. The arrest was confirmed by eyewitnesses and fellow tweeps at Tahrir Square, which has been the epicentre, of huge anti-Mubarak protests for the 11th day in a row. Wael Abbas tweeted that activists were being arrested at the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, and another prominent blogger, Alaa Abdel Fattah, said his father, an activist, has been arrested too: @alaa it looks like the arrest of my father is confirmed, also human right lawyer khaled ali among arrested #Jan25 He later adds: Not worried about dad he spent 5years in mubarak's prisons, been tortured before, he can handle them #Jan25 In another update, Abbas reports: Human Rights Watch researcher Dan Williams among those arrested at Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, at least 24 journalists so far, equipment conf Only yesterday, Sandmonkey tweeted: Ok, it is official, my @Mobinil line has twitter and facebook blocked on it. They work fine on my etisalat line. F–k you @Mobinil #jan25 And added: This means the regime knows who i am and where I live. My life is now officially in danger. #jan25 This last tweet was retweeted 73 times. Despite this, Sandmonkey was up and running this morning, trying to deliver aid and medical supplies to protesters, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, where pro-Mubarak thugs have been at work, terrorising the peaceful protesters calling for change. His last tweets, from six hours ago, are: I hear reports of Army evacuating the Square from Protesters. Is this true? #jan25 followed by: Either way, I am heading there with medical supplies. They better not block my entrance. #jan25 In a series of tweets, Sarah Naguib tells the world what happened: @Sarahngb: Blogger Sandmonkey (www.sandmonkey.org) has been arrested in Cairo, Egypt today Feb 3 2011. #sandmonkey cc: @sandmonkey #jan25 #tahrir @Sarahngb: Arrest of @sandmonkey is confirmed for those asking. Got one more name ‘Iman’ was also last seen with him. #sandmonkey #jan25 #tahrir @lizhenry: Hoping to wake up to good news from Egypt. Instead half the people I've been reading for a week have been arrested. Devastating. #jan25 @ioerror: RT @jwildeboer Egyptian authorities forced #Vodafone #Etisalat to broadcasst gov scripted messages. Confirmed. http://ur1.ca/33ndt cc @MarietjeD66 @ioerror And now, Ramy Yacooub, says that Sandmonkey has been released, after being beaten and his supplies stolen: Update on #SandMonkey: @SandMonkey been released, was roughed up & all supplies with him were stolen. I'll let him fill you in on the rest On his blog, which has now been suspended by the host because of repeated attacks, Sandmonkey wrote: I don't know how to start writing this. I have been battling fatigue for not sleeping properly for the past 10 days, moving from one's friend house to another friend's house, almost never spending a night in my home, facing a very well funded and well organized ruthless regime that views me as nothing but an annoying bug that its time to squash will come. The situation here is bleak to say the least. The beginning It didn't start out that way. On Tuesday Jan 25 it all started peacefully, and against all odds, we succeeded to gather hundreds of thousands and get them into Tahrir Square, despite being attacked by Anti-Riot Police who are using sticks, tear gas and rubber bullets against us. We managed to break all of their barricades and situated ourselves in Tahrir. The government responded by shutting down all cell communication in Tahrir square, a move which purpose was understood later when after midnight they went in with all of their might and attacked the protesters and evacuated the Square. The next day we were back at it again, and the day after. Then came Friday and we braved their communication blackout, their thugs, their tear gas and their bullets and we retook the square. We have been fighting to keep it ever since. We were being collectively punished That night the government announced a military curfew, which kept getting shorter by the day, until it became from 8 am to 3 pm. People couldn't go to work, gas was running out quickly and so were essential goods and money, since the banks were not allowed to operate and people were not able to collect their salary. The internet continued to be blocked, which affected all businesses in Egypt and will cause an economic meltdown the moment they allow the banks to operate again.