Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1314

The crime of thought and expression of opinion, including the right to criticise. The Constitution and the Printing and Publishing Law charged them. The exception may not erase the rule, encroach upon it, or suspend it. - Permissible publication and criticism. Their nature. Not exceeding that. No criminal liability. - Ascertaining the true meaning of words and expressions affecting dignity. A matter of fact. The limit thereof. - The news forming the subject of the published article addressed an incident reported to the police and proceeding as a subject of investigation, constituting a public matter of concern to public opinion, and no intent to offend or defame was established. Its sufficiency for an acquittal and dismissal of the civil action. Disputing this. Factual argument concerning the understanding of the facts of the case. Impermissible before the Court of Cassation. - 358 - Criminal - The newspaper's departure from its designated purpose:-