A Norwegian court says it plans to conduct hearings in January for the appeal case of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who claims his prison conditions violate human rights.
The Borgarting Court of Appeal said the January 10-18 hearings would be held at Skien prison, south of Oslo, where Breivik is incarcerated.
The prison was also used as venue for the initial hearing in March.
The appeals court had planned to hold the hearings in November, but had to reschedule since Breivik's lawyer was busy with another case.
In May, the state appealed a verdict by the Oslo District Court that ruled in favour of Breivik regarding his time spent in isolation and his limited ability to register complaints.
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, considered the worst acts of violence in Norway since World War II.
The March trial was the first time he was seen in public since his 2012 sentencing.
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.
