Countries to request ILO China mission to probe alleged Xinjiang labour abuses: sources

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A group of dozens of countries is set to ask the International Labour Organization on Thursday to set up a mission to probe alleged labour abuses in China’s Xinjiang, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. A committee at the U.N. agency is due to discuss China’s compliance with global labour practices on Thursday after describing its practices in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang as discriminatory in February, ILO documents showed. The meeting comes just days after the end of an historic trip by U.N. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to C…

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