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Oslo professor faces legal pressure from Grigoris Dimitriadis in alleged SLAPP case

From Ta Nea · () Greek

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  • University of Oslo social anthropology professor Theodoros Rakopoulos says he received a legal notice and a threat of a lawsuit from Grigoris Dimitriadis.
  • The dispute followed Rakopoulos’s post about an interview Dimitriadis gave to Thanasis Lalas, and has been presented as a possible SLAPP tactic threatening academic freedom.

Theodoros Rakopoulos, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, has brought public attention to the legal pressure he says he faced from Grigoris Dimitriadis.

Rakopoulos received an extrajudicial legal notice and a threat of a lawsuit. The action followed a post by the academic concerning Dimitriadis’s interview with Thanasis Lalas.

The case has been raised as an example of possible strategic legal pressure against public expression, with concerns that it could threaten academic freedom.

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