Salah Abdeslam, sentenced to life imprisonment for the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, contested his solitary confinement at the Lille administrative court on Wednesday.
Abdeslam, also found guilty in Belgium for a shooting in Forest on 15 March 2016 and the attacks one week later in Brussels and Zaventem, is currently in prison in Vendin-le-Vieil, Pas-de-Calais.
The judge’s decision is expected on Thursday, according to La Voix du Nord newspaper.
Abdeslam’s lawyer argued that a mistake was made in assessing his danger level. He also contended that his solitary confinement breaches the European Convention on Human Rights, which forbids inhumane treatment, and that his transfer from Belgium was unlawful, the court reported.
Abdeslam, the sole surviving member of the Paris suicide squad, was transported from his native Belgium to France in February 2024. Before his trials, Abdeslam was held in strict isolation at Fleury-Mérogis Prison, Essonne, and was the only individual in France under 24-hour video surveillance.
This spring, he was moved from Réau Prison, Seine-et-Marne, to Vendin-le-Vieil Prison in the northern department of Pas-de-Calais.
