Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1115

An attack, by publication, on the acts of a public official containing defamatory imputations. The liability of the editor-in-chief or the article’s author is not negated except by proving his good faith in believing the truth of the facts he attributes to the public official, that his belief rested on reasonable grounds following investigation and inquiry, and that his intention was to protect the public interest while adhering to its limits..