Media Allowed To Publish Names Of Officials

  • 29/11/2020

Kuwait City : The Kuwaiti Criminal Court headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman established an important principle affirming newspapers will not be convicted if they publish news and named officials involved in the matter and others. As reports, the court confirmed that the newspapers are not held accountable or convicted in the event of publishing official news and even if they name people involved, as they did not accuse anyone. The lawyers said that this ruling is a new victory for freedom of expression, nothing that the honest Kuwaiti judiciary attaches great importance to the freedom of the press and the media, and refuses to muzzle the holders of the pen, who always seek to show the pure truth and serve the public interest, regardless of any goals as responsible freedom is guaranteed constitutionally and legally. Also they added that the ruling clarifies that publishing names in the news is not a defamation of the reputation and that the transmission of news that is found in evidence is not intended to defame or frame people.

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