{"id":2091,"date":"2014-02-27T15:40:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:08:06","slug":"in-the-media-this-is-how-i-ended-up-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/in-the-media-this-is-how-i-ended-up-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Media: This is How I Ended up in Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Returning to Nepal on May 13, 2013, after spending 11 nights 12 days in a Qatari jail<\/a> for allegedly insulting Islam<\/a>, I discovered considerable media interest in my story<\/a>. I had a number of interviews the week I arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Kantipur<\/em> journalist wrote this particular one following a longish conversation. It was published on May 18, 2013, in Kosheli, <\/em>a weekly publication of Kantipur. Click here<\/a> or on the image itself for the original. Or, click here<\/a> for the online version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, a number of things I did say didn’t make it in the final print. But surprisingly, some things that I didn’t<\/em> say did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kantipur<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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