Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1116

Publication of an attack on the acts of an employee amounting to defamation. The writer or publisher is not required to prove the truth of the incident to avert liability. It is sufficient to prove his good faith through his belief in the truth of the facts he attributed, that this belief rests on reasonable grounds following verification and inquiry, and that his intention was merely to protect the public interest. What he issued must be confined to protecting that interest. - Freedom of thought and expression of opinion, including the right to criticize. A constitutional principle. The exception is a restriction. It may not efface, encroach upon or disable the principle. Its effect is confined to the limits stated in it. Necessary consequence. The constructive nature of the right to criticize requires a degree of excess that must be tolerated. Contravening this. A violation of the law. - 329 - Administrative - Investigation of a public employee:-