COPENHAGEN — Norway’s top court has rejected an appeal by mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, saying the country didn’t violate his human rights by isolating him in jail. The Hoeyesterett court said Thursday it found “no basis” for a different conclusion than the one reached by the Borgarting Court of Appeal in January. Breivik, serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people in a 2011 bomb-and-shooting rampage, had claimed his solitary confinement has deeply damaged him and made him even more radical in his neo-Nazi beliefs. RelatedLast year, the Norwegian government had appealed a lower court ruling that Breivik’s isolation in prison violates his rights. He had also claimed the frequent strip searches and the fact that he was often handcuffed during the early part of his incarceration violated his human rights.

Source: National Post June 08, 2017 13:52 UTC