And relevant usually refers to something that relates to the topic. Again, I ask, what does it have to do with the story?
Combined with the fact that the Assange situation is not at all similar, I don't see it as relevant.
BTW, even the historical example of Russian "and you lynch blacks" to the US in response to human-right criticism is relevant, as exemplified by the export of BLM as a general civil rights movement. The US/UK should still be able to criticise China, but without pretending to be a laudable moral example.