Norwegian mass killer loses second attempt to sue the state for an alleged breach of human rights
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Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, has lost his second attempt at suing the state for what he said was a breach of his human rights
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, on Thursday lost his second attempt to sue the state for what he claimed was a breach of his human rights.
Breivik, who changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen, has been held in isolation since he began serving his prison sentence in 2012. He argued that this amounted to inhumane punishment under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Oslo City Court rejected his claim against the Norwegian Justice Ministry.
“Breivik has good physical prison conditions and relatively great freedom in everyday life,” Judge Birgitte Kolrud said in the ruling.
“There has been a clear improvement in the sentencing conditions” and there was “no evidence of permanent damage from the punishment,” she added.
