Silence or Death in Mexico’s Press

Appendix III: CPJ’s 2010 Impunity Index

CPJ’s Impunity Index calculates the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country’s population. CPJ examined every nation worldwide over the last decade. Only those nations with five or more unsolved cases are included on the index.

1. Iraq
   Impunity Index Rating: 2.794 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
2. Somalia
   Impunity Index Rating: 1.000 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
3. Philippines
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.609 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
4. Sri Lanka
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.496 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.
5. Colombia
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.292 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
6. Afghanistan
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.240 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.
7. Nepal
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.210 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
8. Russia
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.127 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
9. Mexico
   Impunity Index Rating: 0.085 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.
10. Pakistan
    Impunity Index Rating: 0.072 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants. 
11. Bangladesh
    Impunity Index Rating: 0.044 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.
12. India
    Impunity Index Rating: 0.006 unsolved journalist murders per 1 million inhabitants.

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