Prison violated Breivik’s human rights, court rules

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder&comma; a Norwegian court has ruled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The prison conditions breached an article in the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting inhuman and degrading treatment&comma; Oslo district court said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court dismissed Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s claim that the government had also violated his right to respect for private and family life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ruling specifically cited Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s isolation in two different prisons since his arrest on July 22 2011&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also said authorities had not given enough attention to his mental health when determining his conditions in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court dismissed Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s claim that the government had also violated his right to respect for private and family life&period; It ordered the government to pay Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s legal costs of 331&comma;000 kroner &lpar;€35&comma;725&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment represents a fundamental value in a democratic society&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the court said&period; &&num;8220&semi;This applies no matter what &&num;8211&semi; also in the treatment of terrorists and killers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Breivik sued the government&comma; saying his isolation from other prisoners&comma; frequent strip searches and the fact that he was often handcuffed while moving between the three cells at his disposal violated his human rights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a four-day hearing at the Skien prison where he is serving his sentence&comma; he also complained about the quality of the prison food and about having to eat with plastic utensils&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government rejected his complaints&comma; saying he was treated humanely despite the severity of his crimes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Breivik&&num;8217&semi;s attacks shocked Norway on July 22&comma; 2011&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After months of meticulous preparations&comma; he set off a car bomb outside the government headquarters in Oslo&comma; killing eight people and wounding dozens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He then drove to Utoya island&comma; where he opened fire on the annual summer camp of the left-wing Labour Party&&num;8217&semi;s youth wing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sixty-nine people were killed&comma; most of them teenagers&comma; before Breivik surrendered to police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed7b4f0db46">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; 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