Anders Breivik appeared at a court hearing convened at Ringerike Prison on Monday.
Anders Breivik, the neo-Nazi who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011, has lost his lawsuit against the state to end his years of isolation in prison.
Breivik had sued Norwegian authorities, claiming his conditions were “inhumane” and he was suicidal.
But the court ruled on Thursday that Breivik's sentencing conditions “do not constitute a violation of human rights.”
Breivik's lawyer said his client was disappointed with the outcome and planned to appeal the verdict.
He has been in isolation since July 22, 2011, when he killed eight people with a car bomb and shot 69 others at a summer youth camp on Utoeya Island.
He is currently serving the maximum sentence imposed by Norwegian courts, 21 years, which could be extended as long as he is considered a threat.
His lawyer claimed he was living in a “completely closed world” and “didn't want to live any longer.” They had asked the court to lift restrictions on his communications with the outside world.
But judges at the Oslo District Court said Thursday that restrictions placed on Breivik's communications were justified because he remains a danger to society.
They ruled that he enjoyed “relatively great freedom” within the facility and had access to many services in his daily life.
“He studies and works on political projects,” the ruling states.
“He has been in isolation for 12 years and easing conditions is essential for his health in prison,” Breivik's lawyer Øystein Stobi told Reuters.
Breivik cried during his testimony in January, claiming he felt sorry for the attack and that his life had become a nightmare and he had suicidal thoughts.
But the next day, a psychologist told the court he did not believe he was depressed and said there was a “low risk” of suicide.
Breivik, now 45, currently resides in a private section of Ringerike Prison, on the shores of the lake that surrounds Utoeya.
At the prison, Breivik has access to a training room, kitchen, TV room and bathroom.
Many of those killed on the island were teenagers who were members of AUF, the youth wing of the Norwegian Labor Party. The attack remains Norway's worst peacetime atrocity.
