"1987 Protest Changed My Path forever": Prof. Robbie Barnett on Witnessing 1987 Lhasa Uprising

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In 1987, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 traveled to Tibet to find peace after losing his father. He had NO IDEA about politics. NO AGENDA. Just a grieving man 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. Then on October 1st, he walked into the square in front of the 𝐉𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 and found himself in the middle of a PROTEST that would CHANGE his life forever. Monks beaten. Gunshots fired. People killed. That one day turned a British theatre artist into one of the most important voices on modern Tibet.