that president xi jinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. well, earlier, i spoke to erkin sidick who is the president of the uyghur projects foundation. i asked his reaction to the tribunal findings. i am extremely happy, because we have connections back home, we have always been getting about news from our homeland, on a daily basis, and we are so voiceless in the international community. this tribunal gave us a legal basis to hold china s government accountable for crimes against the uyghurs and other peoples in east turkestan, so we re very happy about that and this is an historic event for us. this tribunal was unofficial.
as such, it has committed genocide. the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. we can now speak to erkin sidick, who is the president of the uyghur projects foundation. he joins us from los angeles. good evening to you in the united states. can you explain to us, first of all, what is your connection to the uyghur community? i your connection to the uyghur community? your connection to the uyghur community? i am the president ofthe community? i am the president of the uyghur community? i am the president of the uyghur projects - of the uyghur projects foundation, founded in 2019 to preserve the uyghur culture, language and identity abroad. the uyghurs in uzbekistan has gone, so we want to preserve our heritage, culture, linkage