Mass killer Breivik appears in court in human rights case against Norway

[bdenner]

He should be released into the custody of the victims families and let them have their "Human Rights". They are Viking decendents and should know what to do with him!

[Yahooka]

I still don't understand why Norge special forces never took the bloke out after witnessing the carnage and cornering the bloke...

Because when they(finally) arrived (in a dingy !!) ABB was ready to give himself up,even if he had plenty of ammo left..........this was never meant to be a suicide mission.

[ronrat]

When you declare war on humanity you should cease to claim its laws.

[webfact]

Breivik slams prison food, praises Hitler in court speech
KARL RITTER, Associated Press

SKIEN, Norway (AP) — Norway's worst mass killer pledged allegiance to Nazism, compared himself to Nelson Mandela and complained about being served cold coffee and microwaved food as he testified Wednesday in a trial over his prison conditions.

Anders Behring Breivik, 37, accused the government of trying to sap his will to live by isolating him from other prisoners and denying him mail correspondence with other right-wing extremists.

"This is inhuman treatment," said Breivik who killed 77 people in 2011 in a bombing in Oslo's government district and a shooting massacre on Utoya island, where the youth division of the left-wing Labor Party had gathered for its annual summer camp.

Testifying in a prison gym temporarily used as a courtroom, Breivik was given three hours to explain why he thinks his human rights have been violated in a prison system widely seen as among the world's most lenient.

He said the government had abused him through 885 strip searches, frequent handcuffing and restrictions on pen pals and visitors. His long list of grievances included being served microwaved food and having to eat it with plastic utensils.

But he also used his first chance to speak to an outside audience since his 2012 criminal trial to declare himself a pure "national socialist," or Nazi. After the attacks he had described himself as a commander of a Christian militant group, which investigators found no trace of.

Throughout his rambling speech, Breivik's focus was on himself, his political views and the perceived injustices he faces in prison, not on the lives he took and the families he destroyed.

"This is a waste of time. He has nothing to complain about," said Freddy Lie, whose teenage daughters were on Utoya when Breivik attacked. One of them died and another was seriously wounded.

Lie, the only family member of a victim attending the trial in Skien prison, said the judge should have stopped Breivik from making "irrelevant" political statements.

Norwegian authorities insist Breivik has the same rights as any other inmate to challenge his prison conditions. Judge Helen Andenaes Sekulic repeatedly urged Breivik to speed up his monologue to the court, but didn't stop him from describing his ambitions to lead a fascist party from prison.

Though he refrained from doing a Nazi salute, like he did on the first day of the trial, Breivik explained how he became a Nazi at age 12 and how Adolf Hitler's teachings helped him endure his isolation in prison.

"Those principles are the only reasons that I am alive today," Breivik said.

But he also said that his loneliness was taking a toll on his mental state, resulting in headaches and difficulty sleeping.

Prison psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist testified that she found no signs that Breivik had suffered serious mental health problems because of his isolation.

"Everyone has headaches from time to time," she said, adding that could be remedied with painkillers and water.

Later, court officials inspected the three cells that Breivik has to himself in the high-security wing of Skien prison and where he can play video games, watch TV and read newspapers. The government says he has an electronic typewriter and a computer that isn't connected to the Internet.

He is allowed to receive visits from family and friends, but hasn't received any except for his mother before she died. Breivik declined to meet with his father. Government lawyers said they had rejected visits from right-wing extremists for security reasons.

Comparing himself to Mandela, the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate and South African president who was jailed during his struggle against apartheid, Breivik told the court he no longer sees violence as a way to achieve his political goals.

"We don't necessarily believe that," government attorney Marius Emberland said.

The trial is set to finish on Friday.


-- (c) Associated Press 2016-03-17

[trogers]

There has to be one in every generation of mankind...

[up2u2]

Doesn't sound like he has a strong case. On the above you would think the Court will dismiss his claims. He could approach an International Court but I can't see them upholding his claims.

Case dismissed.

[English 1]

It's astonishing to say the least!

He has a Suite of 3 Cells......did you ever hear of such a thing in any Prison?

1 point .... why is he isolated? For his safety for fear other inmates would attack him?

If that's the reason I say let him mix with the others and await his demise!

OMG Perhaps he should be given a Butler!

Or a transfer to very nice shared cell in Bangkok!

Plenty of fresh Cockroaches to eat! With his bowl of watery rice soup.

[eggers]

Why such a depraved individual is given a hearing into his conditions, beggars belief; he didn't give his 77 victims one iota of consideration!!

Lock him up,throw away the keys & let him rot in a cell, save Norway a heap of money!!

[giddyup]

Can you imagine the outrage the relatives of those he killed must feel? This monster is complaining about his food and his rights after he's killed 77 people, he should be locked in a 9 X 6 cell and fed pig slops for the rest of his days.

[Ulic]

Bo ho, my coffee is cold, I have food heated in a microwave. I can't hang out with the other

prisoners because they might kill me. My human rights are being violated here and you

should set me free.

[trainman34014]

I would feed the bastard on polluted water and maggots and he would be locked up in an 8'x8' cell for 23 hours a day !

[bangkapi]

He hasn't aged well.

[Credo]

He hasn't aged well.

But the point is, he has gotten the chance to age. His victims were denied that opportunity.

[seedy]

Off Topic posts Removed

[Tchooptip]

This situation is an incredible insult to the parents and relatives of all his young innocents victims

No it's not, it's called human rights and has nothing to do with the victims.

This is what happens in a DEMOCRATIC society and not in self serving rouge countries like many others.

Yes it could happened in societies endangered by people with this blindly leftist mentality, this monster was not put to death, OK I am not for the death penalty, but some answers of yours on this thread are flabbergasted, this bastard killed coldly 77 young souls, yes seventy seven innocents people were killed by this beast, so please go to >%&£~ you and those theoreticians with your beautiful theories with his rights.

Do not bother to answer, anyhow I wont read it! There is a limit to every things, I am not for the death penalty, I am not an ultra-right at all, but trying to defend this monster IS over the limit! Otherwise HITLER GOEBELS were human too I guess, no thank you.

So have a good day and let's forget each other for this subject.

Edited March 18, 2016 by Tchooptip

[stevenl]

This situation is an incredible insult to the parents and relatives of all his young innocents victims

No it's not, it's called human rights and has nothing to do with the victims.

This is what happens in a DEMOCRATIC society and not in self serving rouge countries like many others.

Yes it could happened in societies endangered by people with this blindly leftist mentality, this monster was not put to death, OK I am not for the death penalty, but some answers of yours on this thread are flabbergasted, this bastard killed coldly 77 young souls, yes seventy seven innocents people were killed by this beast, so please go to >%&£~ you and those theoreticians with your beautiful theories with his rights.

Do not bother to answer, anyhow I wont read it! There is a limit to every things, I am not for the death penalty, I am not an ultra-right at all, but trying to defend this monster IS over the limit! Otherwise HITLER GOEBELS were human too I guess, no thank you.

So have a good day and let's forget each other for this subject.

Sorry you don't understand the reasoning. It has nothing to do with him but with basic humanity.