Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1375

There is no scope for examining the question of intention in offences of defamation and insult once criminal intent therein is established. Unless the attack is directed at a public official, in which case the accused must prove his good faith, that he seeks to defend a public interest, and that what he attributed to the official is true. Punishment is mandatory if the purpose of the attack is vilification and disparagement. - The court's lack of conviction as to the appellant's good faith in the attack and his inability to demonstrate the truth of what he attributed to the victim. His challenge to the judgment in this regard is unfounded.