Blog Post is here:
http://www.peterrisdon.com/blog/2011/02/03/sandmonkey-be-brave/Yesterday, the leading Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey tweeted this:
This means the regime knows who i am and where I live. My life is now officially in danger. #jan25
Earlier today, he tweeted for people to read his most recent post.
Then, about an hour ago, he was arrested trying to take medical supplies into Tahrir Square. Within a few minutes of his arrest, his blog was taken down. It’s hosted in the USA, so presumably this was the result of pressure placed on him while under arrest.
It was important to him that people read his most recent post. Here it is:
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.
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.
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