By Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Research Associate
"These people will kill you," Nikhil Wagle, a prominent journalist in India, told me as we discussed reports of him being named as a target by a member of a hard-line Hindu group who is being questioned by police over the murder of a writer.
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Iraq
Unsolved Murders: 100
Population: 32.6 million
Rank: 1
Somalia
Unsolved Murders: 26
Population: 10.2 million
Rank: 2
The Philippines
Unsolved Murders: 51
Population: 96.7 million
Rank: 3
Sri Lanka
Unsolved Murders: 9
Population: 20.3 million
Rank: 4
Syria
Unsolved Murders: 7
Population: 22.4 million
Rank: 5
Afghanistan
Unsolved Murders: 5
Population: 29.8 million
Rank: 6
Mexico
Unsolved Murders: 16
Population: 120.8 million
Rank: 7
Colombia
Unsolved Murders: 6
Population: 47.7 million
Rank: 8
Pakistan
Unsolved Murders: 22
Population: 179.2 million
Rank: 9
Russia
Unsolved Murders: 14
Population: 143.5 million
Rank: 10
Brazil
Unsolved Murders: 9
Population: 198.7 million
Rank: 11
Nigeria
Unsolved Murders: 5
Population: 168.8 million
Rank: 12
India
Unsolved Murders: 7
Population: 1,237 million
Rank: 13
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