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UN labor agency cites concerns about China’s Xinjiang region

File - Uyghurs and other members of the faithful pray during services at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists on April 19, 2021. Experts at the U.N. labor agency have called out China on work conditions faced by Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang region, decrying signs of “coercive measures” that deprive workers of the free choice in job-selection and calling for Beijing to provide more information about how it’s respecting their rights. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - A woman wears a face mask reading 'Free Uyghurs' as she attends a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Experts at the U.N. labor agency have called out China on work conditions faced by Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang region, decrying signs of “coercive measures” that deprive workers of the free choice in job-selection and calling for Beijing to provide more information about how it’s respecting their rights. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)