The index , which covers 2000 through 2009 , describes the countries as places `` where journalists are murdered on a recurring basis and governments are unable or unwilling to prosecute the killers . '' Committee to Watch Journalists has placed 12 countries on its Impunity Index . Index is a list of countries where journalists have been killed and their killers have not been found . Iraq leads field for the third consecutive year , where all 88 journalist killings remain unsolved . Somalia is second , while Brazil and Colombia each showed third .
Committee to Watch Journalists has placed 12 countries on its Impunity Index . Index is a list of countries where journalists have been killed and their killers have not been found . Iraq leads field for the third consecutive year , where all 88 journalist killings remain unsolved . Somalia is second , while Brazil and Colombia each showed third .