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Anders Breivik’s human rights violated in prison, Norway court rules Anders Breivik’s human rights violated in prison, Norway court rules
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A Norwegian court has ruled that Anders Breivik’s human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder. Anders Breivik’s human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder, a court has ruled.
An Oslo court said the prison conditions breached an article in the European convention on human rights prohibiting inhuman and degrading treatment. In a written decision, the Oslo district court said prison conditions for the rightwing extremist, who killed 77 people during an attack in July 2011, breached an article in the European convention on human rights prohibiting inhuman and degrading treatment.
“The prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment represents a fundamental value in a democratic society. This applies no matter what – also in the treatment of terrorists and killers,” judge Helen Andenaes Sekulic said in her ruling. The ruling specifically cited Breivik’s isolation in two different prisons since his arrest on 22 July 2011. It also said authorities hadn’t given enough attention to his mental health when determining his conditions in prison.
Breivik is serving a maximum 21-year sentence – which can be extended if he is still considered dangerous – for killing eight people in a bombing outside a government building in Oslo and then murdering another 69, most of them teenagers, in a rampage at a Labour youth camp in 2011. The court dismissed Breivik’s claim that the government had also violated his right to respect for private and family life. It ordered the government to pay Breivik’s legal costs of 331,000 kroner (£35,000).
“The prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment represents a fundamental value in a democratic society,” the court said. “This applies no matter what also in the treatment of terrorists and killers.”
Breivik sued the government, saying his isolation from other prisoners, frequent strip searches and the fact that he was often handcuffed while moving between the three cells at his disposal violated his human rights. During a four-day hearing at the Skien prison where he is serving his sentence, he also complained about the quality of the prison food and about having to eat with plastic utensils.
The government rejected his complaints, saying he was treated humanely despite the severity of his crimes.
Breivik is serving a maximum 21-year sentence – which can be extended if he is still considered dangerous – for killing eight people in a bombing outside a government building in Oslo and then murdering another 69, most of them teenagers, in a rampage at a Labour youth camp.
The massacre on the island of Utøya lasted more than an hour, as he methodically stalked and killed attendees of the camp.The massacre on the island of Utøya lasted more than an hour, as he methodically stalked and killed attendees of the camp.
In a report published in November, Norway’s parliamentary ombudsman said Breivik’s solitary confinement risked turning into “inhumane treatment”.
He had brought a case against the Norwegian state, in which he said he was the victim of human rights abuses and that the government had also violated his right to respect for private and family life. The court dismissed the last two claims.