A Norwegian court said on Friday it plans to conduct hearings in November in the appeal case concerning mass killer Anders Behring Breivik’s claims that he is subjected to prison conditions that violate his human rights.
The Borgarting Court of Appeal reserved four days for the hearing set to open November 29.
The date could be changed as Breivik’s attorney has another appeal case that week, news agency NTB reported.
The state in May appealed a verdict by the Oslo District Court that ruled in favour of Breivik regarding his time spent in isolation and limited ability to complain.
The far-right extremist, who killed 77 people in July 2011, had sued the state and prison authorities over restrictions he faces while serving his 21-year prison sentence for the attacks.
He described it as the worst acts of violence in Norway since World War II.
In their appeal, the state’s attorneys argued that the Oslo District Court had not taken into account that Breivik’s conditions were in accordance with assessments of the potential threat he still poses to society and visitors.
The appeal court did not say where the hearing would be held.
The March hearing was held at Skien prison, south of Oslo, where Breivik is incarcerated.
The trial was the first time he was seen in public since his 2012 trial.
Breivik said the aim of his attacks was to punish the Labour Party, then in office, over its failure to stem the flow of Muslim immigrants to Norway.