Editing Free speech zone (section)

==Other countries==
Designated protest areas were established during the August 2007 [[Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America]] Summit in Ottawa, Canada.  Although use of the areas was voluntary and not surrounded by fences, some protesters decried the use of designated protest areas, calling them "protest pens."<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/clashes-break-out-at-summit-protest-1.633989?ref=rss Clashes break out at summit protest]. ''CBC News'', August 20, 2007.</ref>

During the 2005 [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005|WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference]], over 10,000 protesters were present. [[Wan Chai Sports Ground]] and [[Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin]] were designated as protest zones. Police wielded sticks, used gas grenades and shot rubber bullets at some of the protesters. They arrested 910 people, 14 were charged, but none were convicted.

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  All 77 applications to protest there were withdrawn or denied, and no protests took place.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]]".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082001095.html Elderly Chinese Women Sentenced to Labor Re-education], ''The Washington Post'', August 20, 2008</ref><ref>Peter Foster, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101021232327/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterfoster/4959989/The_IOC_plays_appeaser_in_Beijing/ The IOC plays appeaser in Beijing], ''Telegraph Blogs'', August 20, 2008</ref>

In the [[Philippines]], public spaces that are designated as free speech zones are called [[freedom park]]s.