Blair asked to intervene as British artist faces jail in Turkey for collage
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Tony Blair has been asked to speak out on behalf of a British artist, Michael Dickinson, who has been charged in Turkey with "insulting the (Turkish) prime minister's dignity". This carries a sentence of up to 3 years in jail. The case was brought after Dickinson displayed a collage showing Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, as a dog, being awarded a rosette by President Bush in a pet show.
Source
- staff "Blair asked to help artist facing jail". The Sunday Times online, June 11, 2006
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