Three protest parks were designated in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the suggestion of the IOC. All 77 applications to protest there were withdrawn or denied, and no protests took place. Four people who applied to protest were arrested or sentenced to "re-education through labor".Elderly Chinese Women Sentenced to Labor Re-education, The Washington Post, August 20, 2008Peter Foster, The IOC plays appeaser in Beijing, Telegraph Blogs, August 20, 2008
