One would think Putinistan would rate quite highly, and it does, but Iraq is the worst place in the world for bringing the murderers of journalists to justice, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' study Getting Away with Murder.

The list of the 13 worst from CBC.ca:

• Iraq: 79 unsolved journalist murders in a total population of 28 million (rate of 2.82 murders per million people).
• Sierra Leone: 9 murders among 5.5 million people (rate of 1.64).
• Somalia: 5 murders among 8.2 million people (rate of 0.61).
• Colombia: 20 murders among 45.6 million people (0.44).
• Sri Lanka: 8 murders among 19.6 million people (0.41).
• Philippines: 24 murders among 83.1 million people (0.29).
• Afghanistan: 7 murders among 25.1 million people (0.28).
• Nepal: 5 murders among 27.1 million people (0.19).
• Russia: 14 murders among 143.1 million people (0.10).
• Mexico: 7 murders among 103.1 million people (0.07).
• Bangladesh: 8 murders among 141.8 million people (0.06).
• Pakistan: 8 murders among 155.8 million people (0.05).
• India: 5 murders among 1,094.6 million people (0.01).