British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has blocked Julian Assange’s extradition from the U.K to the U.S., last January, the 4th. She found that because U.S. prison conditions are so deleterious, so it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite WikiLeaks founder. The Australian journalist’s defense claims that U.S. prison conditions, including solitary confinement, Special Administrative Measures, and extreme restrictions at ADX Florence, would drive Assange to suicide.

Assange, however, remains in custody at Her Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh in south-east London, and is facing up to 175 years in prison for publishing, in 2010, U.S. government documents that exposed war crimes and human rights abuses.