Anders Breivik: Mass murderer ‘to be allowed visits by his girlfriend’ after human rights court win
NORWAY – Mass murderer Anders Breivik may be allowed visits from a woman who claims to be in love with him after a court ruled that being kept in isolation in prison had violated his human rights. A court in Oslo ruled in the killer’s favor on one of two claims for alleged human rights violations this week. The right-wing extremist, who has declared himself to be a Nazi, was convicted in 2012 after shooting dead 69 people attending a Labor party youth camp on the island of Utoya and planting a bomb in Oslo that killed eight people. District judges said that his detention in prison had violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which relates to “inhuman or degrading” punishment. The verdict said: “The prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment represents a fundamental value in a democratic society. This applies no matter what – also in the treatment of terrorists and killers.”
(The Independent UK).(Photo: Heiko Junge)…[+]