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Hi, listeners. It's Lindsay Smith-Rogers. Today, a human rights perspective on immigration

enforcement and public protest in Minneapolis.

Professor Joe Eamon is the Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

He's also studied human rights issues in more than 40 countries.

He talks with Dr. Josh Starstein about his perspective on some of the most dramatic images

that have emerged over the last several weeks.

Just to note that this episode contains descriptions of violence and trauma, please listen

with care.

Professor Joe Eamon, thank you so much for joining me today on public health on call

to provide a human rights perspective on

what we're all witnessing in Minneapolis. How are you doing today? Well, it's interesting times,

as they say. It's good to be back on the podcast. For our listeners, would you mind explaining

your role at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Public Health in the Center for Public Health

and Human Rights? Sure. I'm an epidemiologist by training and Johns Hopkins. I'm the director for the Center for

Public Health and Human Rights. I've had a long history in working both in terms of epidemiology

with the CDC and other organizations and looking specifically at the impact of human rights

violations and access to human rights protections as part of the impact on public health.

And ballpark, how many countries have you worked in on human rights issues?

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