Breivik, now 44, was sentenced in August 2012 to 21 years in prison, the maximum sentence under Norwegian law. However, his imprisonment can be extended if it is judged that he still represents a “threat”.
Far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik – who in July 2011 killed 77 people and injured 150 others in terrorist attacks he launched in Oslo and on the island of Utoja – has filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian state for “violation of human rights” due to “extreme” isolation which has been imposed on him. At the same time, according to his lawyer, he submitted a new request for release from prison with restrictive conditions.
Breivik, now 44, was sentenced in August 2012 to 21 years in prison, the maximum sentence under Norwegian law. However, his imprisonment can be extended if it is judged that he still represents a “threat”.
“He filed a lawsuit against the state because he has been held in extreme isolation for 11 years, with no contact with anyone other than the guards,” lawyer Oystein Storvik told Reuters news agency. “He was transferred to a new prison last year, where we hoped the conditions would be better and that he would be allowed to have contact with others,” added Breivik’s lawyer.
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten had revealed the lawsuit filed by Breivik earlier today.
In 2017, a similar lawsuit filed by the Oslo executioner, who described the conditions of his detention as “inhumane”, was dismissed.
Last year a Norwegian court also rejected a request to release him on parole because he was deemed to represent a “threat” to public order and security.
Breivik’s lawyer estimated that the new lawsuit against the Norwegian state will be heard next spring.
Source :Skai
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