COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway’s government on Tuesday filed an appeal against the Oslo district court’s ruling that Norwegian authorities had violated the human rights of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen says the government disagrees with the April 20 ruling that said the isolation of Breivik, who faces prison for killing 77 people in a bomb-and-gun massacre in 2011, breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.
“I have today asked the Office of the Attorney General to appeal the verdict,” Anundsen said in a statement.
Breivik, 37, sued the government last month, saying his isolation and the fact that he was often handcuffed violated his human rights. He is held in solitary confinement in a three-cell complex where he can play video games, watch TV and exercise.