NTB Scanpix/Lise Aaserud via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOSLO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in "extreme" isolation, and has filed another application for parole, his lawyer said on Friday.
Breivik, now 44, is serving Norway's longest sentence, 21 years, which can be extended if he is still considered a threat.
"He's suing the state because he has been in an extreme isolation for 11 years, and has no contacts with other people except his guards," Breivik's lawyer Oeystein Storrvik told Reuters.
In 2017, Breivik lost a human rights case when an appeals court overturned a lower court verdict that his near-isolation in a three-room cell was inhuman.
Last year, a Norwegian court also rejected his parole application, saying he still posed a risk of violence.
Persons:
Anders Behring Breivik, NTB Scanpix, Lise Aaserud, Breivik, He's, Oeystein Storrvik, Storrvik, Nerijus Adomaitis, Mark Potter, Angus MacSwan
Organizations:
Appeal, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Borgarting, Telemark, Skien, Norway, Rights OSLO, Oslo