Two appellants said in their grounds of appeal that the appealed ruling by which they were convicted of permitting and publishing an insulting article. They said that they maintained before the court that the published material was a coverage for a meeting held in the local council and did not include any insulting phrases but the court dismissed this defence.

The court of cassation said that this argument was invalid. The court said that Article 21 of Kuwait Law No. 3/2006 banned the publishing any material that could hurt the dignity or the reputation of any person. The court said that the evaluation of the nature of the phrases mentioned an any published material fell under the court's authority. The court said that the court considered all aspects of the incident and concluded that the elements of the crime existed. The court said that the material included phrases that hurt the reputation of the victim.

The court dismissed the appeal.