The court handed down the first prison sentences against a group of ten people tried over the October 4, 2025, election-day unrest, including prominent political figures who organized the rally that grew into tensions at the presidential palace in what Georgian officials would later describe as a foreign-orchestrated coup attempt. Among those found guilty by Tbilisi City Court Judge Irakli Khuskivadze and given seven-year prison sentences each are Paata Burchuladze, the prominent opera singer and activist who organized the rally; Murtaz Zodelava and Irakli Nadiradze of the opposition United National Movement, both identified as rally organizers; retired Colonel Lasha Beridze; and Paata Manjgaladze of the opposition Strategy Aghmashenebeli, who denied being among the organizers. Burchuladze,