1_Is there reason to believe the charge is a pretext?_YES

Civil liberties: Arrest and detention

“Although the exercise of trade union activity or the holding of trade union office does not provide immunity as regards the application of ordinary criminal law, the continued detention of trade unionists without bringing them to trial may constitute a serious impediment to the exercise of trade union rights.”

CFA Compilation of 2018, para. 144

 

Consider freedom of association recourse