Norway mass killer Anders Breivik sues to end prison isolation, alleging breach of human rights
- Anders Breivik killed 77 people in twin attacks in 2011 in Norway’s worst act of violence since World War II
- Far-right fanatic is ‘suicidal’, lawyer says, and wants restrictions lifted on communications to the outside world
Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will ask a court on Monday to end his isolation in prison, saying it violates his human rights.
The 44-year-old, who emailed out copies of a manifesto before his attacks setting out his theories, is also suing the state in a bid to lift restrictions on his correspondence with the outside world.
Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo then gunned down 69 others, most of them teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp in Norway’s worst peacetime atrocity.
His case has been a grim test for a country that is still shaken to its core by the horror of his acts but has also long taken pride in the rehabilitation efforts of its justice system.
Breivik spends his time in a section of Ringerike high-security prison, 70km (40 miles) northwest of Oslo - the third prison where he has been held.