Anders Behring Breivik: ‘Government is trying to kill me’

Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, has told a court the Norwegian government is trying to kill him by holding him in isolation but his Nazi ideology has helped him survive so far.

The 37-year-old has sued the government, insisting that his prison conditions are “inhuman” and violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

The government disagrees, noting that Breivik has access to three cells and the right to receive visitors and communication with the outside world — except for other extremists, who could be inspired by his “poisonous” ideology.