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Countries Where Journalists' Killers Go Free

CPJ Releases Impunity Index
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Deputy editor, HuffPost Media

Mourners chant slogans during a symbolic funeral for the bureau chief of a local radio station in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2014. A junior officer working for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, also an ethnic Kurd, shot dead Mohammed Bdaiwi, a well-known radio journalist during a quarrel Saturday near the leader's east Baghdad residence, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Mourners chant slogans during a symbolic funeral for the bureau chief of a local radio station in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2014. A junior officer working for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, also an ethnic Kurd, shot dead Mohammed Bdaiwi, a well-known radio journalist during a quarrel Saturday near the leader's east Baghdad residence, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Syria isn't just the most deadly country for journalists — it's also one of the countries where journalists' murders are most likely to go unpunished, according to the Committee To Protect Journalists' new study.

CPJ released its latest Impunity Index on Wednesday. In the words of the organization, the index "calculates the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of a country’s population." Iraq topped the list of worst offenders with 100 journalist murders in the past decade and zero convictions, by CPJ's count. Syria ranked number 5 this year, which is its first time on the list.

Below, see the five worst offenders. Visit CPJ for the full list.

5. Syria

syria

7 unsolved murders; population: 22.4 million

4. Sri Lanka

sri lanka journalist

9 unsolved murders; population: 20.3 million

3. The Philippines

ampatuan journalist

51 unsolved murders; population: 96.7 million

2. Somalia

somalia journalist

26 unsolved murders; population: 10.2 million

1. Iraq

iraq journalist

100 unsolved murders; population: 32.6 million

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