Norway's mass killer Breivik sues state to end solitary confinement

Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, asked a court on Monday (January 8) to end his isolation in prison, saying it violates his human rights.

The 44-year-old is also suing the state in a bid to lift restrictions on his correspondence with the outside world.

Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo then gunned down 69 others, most of them teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp in Norway's worst peacetime atrocity.

He is held in Ringerike high-security prison, 70km (40 miles) northwest of Oslo where his dedicated area includes a training room, a kitchen, a TV room and a bathroom and he is allowed to keep three budgerigars as pets who fly freely in the area, news agency NTB reported.

More than a decade in isolation "without meaningful interaction" has had a devastating impact, Breivik's lawyer wrote in a filing to Oslo district court, adding that Breivik was suicidal.

Lawyers representing the justice ministry say Breivik must be kept apart the rest of the prison population because of the continuing security threat he poses.

Breivik is serving a 21-year sentence - the longest a Norwegian court can impose - which can be extended for as long as he is deemed a threat to society.

The judge's verdict will be issued in coming weeks.

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