Uno los casos por difamación de más alto perfil hoy en día en Oriente Próximo es el de Najat Abu Bakr, parlamentaria palestina que fuera citada a declarar por el fiscal general tras plantear acusaciones de corrupción contra Hussein al-Araj, ministro del gabinete con estrechos vínculos con el Presidente Mahmoud Abbas.
Among the highest-profile defamation-related cases in the Middle East today is that involving Najat Abu Bakr, a member of Palestine’s parliament who has been summoned for interrogation by the attorney-general after leveling corruption accusations against Hussein al-Araj, a cabinet minister with close ties with President Mahmoud Abbas.