French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out against a global rise in the number of executions on Tuesday during a speech at the ninth World Congress against the death penalty.
"The death penalty still remains, in many regions of the world, a reality", Macron told an audience at the Maison de la Radio in Paris. "The number of executions carried out last year reached its highest level since 1981, with 2,707 people executed by authorities in just 17 countries".
