The individuals accused in connection with the October 4 events are political prisoners, - reads a statement from the Transparency International - Georgia".

According to the statement, there is a reasonable suspicion that in reality there was no plan or even intention to "overthrow" the government and that everything is the result of the authorities ensnaring some of the protest participants and, therefore, provocation of the crime.

“A considerable amount of time has passed since the events of October 4, 2025. Despite the differences of opinion regarding these events, even within a society that is divided and critical of Ivanishvili’s regime, one thing is clear: the regime’s efforts to have these events assessed, both inside and outside the country, as an attempt to violently change the so-called constitutional order or overthrow the government, and, therefore, to suppress the ongoing civil protests in the country, have failed, just like all previous similar efforts.

The main reason for the failure is the well-founded suspicion in society that in reality there was no “overthrow” plan or even intention, and that everything is the result of the government ensnaring some of the protest participants and, therefore, provocation of crime. Added to this is the groundlessness of the qualification of the charges, which has become a harmful tradition in the Georgian law enforcement and justice systems.

All this gives us reason to conclude that the individuals accused in connection with the October 4 events, as well as all individuals arrested, accused, or convicted during the continuous civil protests that have been going on for more than a year, are the objects of political persecution and, therefore, are political prisoners,” reads the statement.

In addition, the statement says that in a country where “more than 230 officials, including 47 judges and 17 prosecutors, are under international sanctions, political persecution has become a common occurrence.”