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impunity

[im-pyoo-ni-tee] / ɪmˈpyu nɪ ti /


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In October the nongovernmental organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity reported that a Mexican subsidiary of the state-owned oil company, Pemex, sent $3 billion of crude to Cuba between May and August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

I was looking at CPJ’s Global Impunity Index, which states that about 80 percent of journalist killings go unpunished.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2025

Juan Francisco Sandoval, former head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity now in exile after being dismissed by Porras for his investigations, echoed Paz y Paz.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

It ranked as the eighth worst country when it comes to prosecuting killers of journalists, according to 2023 Global Impunity Index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists released this week.

From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2023

Give a Man Power of doing what he pleases with Impunity, you extinguish his Fear, and consequently overturn in him one of the great Pillars of Morality.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph




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