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		</div><p>Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik made a neo-Nazi salute as he walked quietly into a courtroom at a high security prison.</p>
<p>Judges are reviewing a government appeal against a ruling that his solitary confinement was inhumane and violated human rights.</p>
<p>The 37-year-old right-wing extremist, who killed 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage in 2011, sued the government last year &#8211; saying his solitary confinement, frequent strip searches and the fact that he was often handcuffed during the early part of his incarceration violated his human rights.</p>
<p>Dressed in a dark suit, the bearded Breivik stared briefly at reporters while making the salute.</p>
<p>The government is appealing against a surprise decision by the Oslo District Court, which sided with Breivik&#8217;s claims that his isolation in the maximum-security Skien prison breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.</p>
<p>The ruling said &#8220;the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment represents a fundamental value in a democratic society. This applies no matter what &#8211; also in the treatment of terrorists and killers&#8221;.<br />
It also ordered the government to pay Breivik&#8217;s legal costs of 331,000 kroner (€39,000).</p>
<p>However, it dismissed his claim that his right to respect for private and family life was violated by restrictions on contacts with other right-wing extremists.</p>
<p>Breivik was convicted of mass murder and terrorism in 2012 and given a 21-year prison sentence that can be extended for as long as he is deemed dangerous to society.</p>
<p>Legal experts say it is likely he will be locked up for life. He is being held in isolation in a three-cell complex where he can play video games, watch TV and exercise.</p>
<p>He has also complained about the quality of the prison food, having to eat with plastic utensils and not being able to communicate with sympathisers.</p>
<p>The government has rejected his complaints, saying he is treated humanely despite the severity of his crimes and that he must be separated from other inmates for safety reasons.</p>
<p>Breivik had carefully planned the attacks on July 22, 2011. He set off a car bomb outside the government headquarters in Oslo, killing eight people and wounding dozens.</p>
<p>Dressed in a police uniform, Breivik then drove to the island of Utoya, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) away, where he opened fire on the annual summer camp of the left-wing Labour Party&#8217;s youth wing.<br />
Sixty-nine people there were killed, most of them teenagers, before he surrendered to police.</p>
<p>At the time of the attacks, Breivik claimed to be the commander of a secret Christian military order plotting an anti-Muslim revolution in Europe, but now describes himself as a traditional neo-Nazi who prays to the Viking god Odin.</p>
<p>He made a Nazi salute to journalists at the start of his human rights case last year.<br />
The massacre shocked the quiet Scandinavian country and many feel Breivik has had too much attention and visibility.</p>
<p>The case is being heard by the Borgarting Court of Appeals in a makeshift courtroom in the gym of Skien prison in southern Norway, where Breivik is incarcerated.</p>
<p>Six days have been reserved for the hearings. Judge Oystein Hermanstein said a ruling is expected in February.</p>
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