August 20th 2023.
Anders Breivik, the far right domestic terrorist who orchestrated the worst peacetime atrocity in Norway's history in 2011, is now suing the state claiming his human rights are being violated. He is serving a 21 year sentence, with the possibility of it being extended if he is still considered a threat.
Breivik's lawyer, Oeystein Storrvik, said: "He's suing the state because he has been in an extreme isolation for 11 years, and has no contacts with other people except his guards. He was moved to a new prison last year, and we hoped that there would be better conditions and that he could meet other people."
The 44 year old Breivik lost a human rights case in 2017 when an appeals court overturned a lower court's verdict that his near-isolation in a three-room cell was inhuman. His parole application was also rejected in the same year, with the court stating that he still posed a risk of violence.
Mr Storrvik expects the Oslo district court to hear the case next spring. Breivik stood trial in 2012, and was found guilty of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion, and terrorism, and was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment - the maximum criminal penalty in Norway.
Breivik's attack was motivated by his hatred of Islam and blamed feminism for a European 'cultural suicide'. He has been in isolation for 11 years since then, and with his current lawsuit, he is hoping that he can be granted better conditions and potentially contact with other people.
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