Contrasting the cases of Alexei Navalny and Julian Assange: they receive similar repression, but the former gets mainstream western support, and the latter does not.

I support them both. I have some political disagreements with each of them, but I set those aside because of their heroism in a good cause.

In general, the right way to criticize a double standard is to apply the right standard, and criticize judgment based on a wrong standard.