Norway to appeal over Breivik's case

Norway will appeal against a finding that the country violated the human rights of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he enters a courtroom in Skien, Norway, on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Source: AAP

Norway will appeal against the verdict in the case mass killer Anders Behring Breivik brought over his prison conditions, the justice ministry says.

"I have asked the Office of the Attorney-General to appeal the verdict," justice minister Anders Anundsen said in a statement.

Norway violated Breivik's human rights by keeping him in a "completely locked world" after being sentenced for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011, the Oslo district court ruled on April 20.