Is Julian Assange a Persecutor?

The Guardian, El Pais, Dejbego, New York Times signed a petition calling on the Biden administration to drop the case against Julian Assange. Do you think this particular letter or petition was signed too late? I mean, it's positive that at the end of the day, at the 11th hour, they decided to go out with this letter, certainly had a positive impact on the case. Finally, newspapers around the world realized that the biggest news outlets have finally been are finally asking for his release.