Mass murderer calls microwaved prison meals 'worse than waterboarding'
Microwaved meals served to a Norwegian mass murderer are probably tastier than the blended “Nutraloaf” that has sparked a number of lawsuits by U.S. prisoners.
And Anders Behring Breivik, although in solitary confinement most of the day, also has a PlayStation, a spin bicycle, a treadmill and a reclining chair, according to testimony at a court hearing held in a prison gymnasium, due to security concerns. He can read, watch DVDs and listen to music, too.
Nonetheless, Breivik says in a lawsuit that his treatment while he has been imprisoned is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. He complained during Wednesday testimony that the microwaved meals he is fed while imprisoned for murdering 77 people in 2011 are “worse than waterboarding.” He says his treatment in confinement, including cold coffee, is part of a “sadistic” plan to violate his human rights, according to CNN and Reuters.
“For five years the state has tried to kill me with this treatment … It would have been better if they had shot me than treating me worse than an animal,” said Breivik, whose biggest complaint is over his solitary confinement and lack of visitors. Much of his mail is censored and he is separated by a see-through panel from the professionals who come to see him.
Breivik shot 69 people to death at a youth camp, and a bomb he set in Oslo killed eight others. Breivik, who is devoted to Nazi ideology, said it was part of a campaign to prevent the “Islamification” of Norway. It was the country’s worst mass attack since World War II.
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