Blair asked to intervene as British artist faces jail in Turkey for collage

June 12, 2006

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.