The terrorist who killed 77 people sues Norway: claims violation of his rights
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The terrorist Anders Breivik, convicted of the largest terrorist attack in Norwegian history, will once again try to sue the state for violating his rights, the AP reports.
Anders Breivik argues that solitary confinement since 2012 amounts to inhuman treatment, in his view violating the norms of the human rights convention.
Despite the conditions provided - a two-story complex with a kitchen, dining room, TV room with Xbox console, and access to the gym, the terrorist’s lawyer claims that his client is unable to communicate with the outside world, and that’s a violation of his rights.
According to his defense, the restriction of the client’s right to send letters is also an additional violation of rights.
The state rejected Breivik’s claims. In his letter to the court, Andreas Hetland, the state prosecutor, said that Breivik “continues to be immune to rehabilitation measures”, and therefore it is “hard to imagine what substantial reductions of sentence can be possible and justified”.
In 2011, Anders Breivik bombed a car near the Prime Minister’s office, killing eight people. He then proceeded to Utøya Island, where he opened fire on members of the Labour Party youth camp, killing 69 people.
Memorial to the fallen Moldovan soldiers of the Transnistrian War in Chisinau. Photo: Alexander Moisseenko
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