In Olympic news, the New York Times reports the Chinese government has yet to permit a single demonstration in any of the three official protest zones in Beijing. Since August 1, seventy-seven applications for protest permits were submitted to the government, none of them were approved. At least four activists were arrested and detained after they sought a protest permit. Nicholas Bequelin of Human Rights Watch said the International Olympic Committee should be held accountable for not pressing China on the issue. Bequelin said, “The IOC seems oblivious to the fact that they’re holding the Games in a repressive environment.”