Blair asked to intervene as British artist faces jail in Turkey for collage
{{date|June 12, 2006}}

[[Tony Blair]] has been asked to speak out on behalf of a [[UK|British]] artist, {{w|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 [[George W. Bush|Bush]] in a pet show. 

== Source ==

*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2220955,00.html
|title=Blair asked to help artist facing jail 
|author= staff
|pub=The Sunday Times online
|date=June 11, 2006}} 

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Tony Blair has been asked to speak out on behalf of a British artist, , 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. 


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