Malacañang on Friday disputed a claim of human rights group Amnesty International Philippines that President Rodrigo Duterte has made the Philippines a “far more dangerous place by abandoning human rights values.”

In a statement, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the government, under Duterte, does not condone extrajudicial killings in the name of the President’s war on drugs.

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