Neo-Nazi mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, will take his case over his “inhumane” prison conditions to the European Court of Human Rights, his lawyer says, after exhausting all legal options in Norway.
Breivik, who for safety reasons has been held apart from other inmates since his arrest in 2011, has complained about his lengthy isolation. He wants the Norwegian state to be found guilty of violating the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits “inhumane” and “degrading” treatment.
It comes after Norway’s highest court, the Supreme Court, today refused to hear his case.
“None of the elements in the Breivik appeal have any chance of winning,” the court said.
This file photo taken on March 15, 2016 shows Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik (R) returning to a makeshift court in Skien prisons gym after a lunch break in Skien, some 130 km south west of Oslo, for his lawsuit against the Norwegian state ( AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND)
— AFP
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