The editor-in-chief of a leading Ethiopian independent news site was abducted and assaulted by security forces, according to its owner. In February, the authorities revoked the Addis Standard's media registration saying it had violated media ethics and what it described as threats to "national interests", but did not specify which reports it was referring to. The alleged abduction of Yonas took place on the first of three days of action against the Addis Standard, Jakken Publishing said. "Two individuals dressed in civilian clothes... violently seized me," the AFP news agency quotes Yonas as saying in a written statement. The Addis Standard's website is still available and is being updated with reports on the raid and its aftermath.