The number of laws being passed that undermine a free society is increasing

Some examples :-

In the US
You are no longer able to protest near where a Secret Service agent is expected to operate.
So the authorities merely need to create an excuse for a Secret  Service agent to operate in the vicinity of a planned demonstration in order to be able to cancel it.

In the UK
Laws have been passed that make it easier for the authorities to ban any demonstrations they wish to. They merely have to state that such demonstration might cause some inconvenience or disturbance to the local neighborhood.
It is very unlikely that a reasonably well attended protest would not cause any inconvenience to local residents.
Protesters tend to chant slogans and have speeches with public address systems.

In Canada
You are no longer allowed to wear a mask at a demonstration.
The purpose of this law is so that the authorities can identify you, in order to carry out possible later harassment and intimidation.

In Japan
Secrecy laws have now been forced through which allows the government to make any topic, e.g. Fukushima, a State Secret with heavy penalties for divulging information.
You are not allowed to know what the government considers a State Secret until the government accuses someone of breaking it.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/11/fukushima-radiation-will-hit-fish-west-coast-north-america.html

In Spain
New laws have just been passed with heavy fines for "unauthorised" street protests
The recent Spanish protests against their current extreme economic deprivation have been notable for the peacefulness of the demonstrators (if not of the Police).
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/12/02/war-on-democracy-spain-and-japan-move-to-criminalize-protests/

In the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
The authorities are now collecting just about every piece of electronic communication and phone call on every citizen, via the Five Eyes program and the sharing of Mass Surveillance information.
The purpose of this is the possible future harassment and intimidation of political activists plus domestic political control of important domestic figures.
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/11/as-keith-alexander-has-already-admitted.html
The REAL purpose of NSA Mass Surveillance is to undermine democracy in America & the West to promote the interests of large crony Corporations
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-primary-purpose-of-nsas-mass.html

In the Ukraine
The government passed anti-demonstration measures and then cancelled the proposed EU trade negotiation.
The Ukranians response was to hold mass demonstrations with thousands of protestors against the measures.
But I guess the Ukranians value the rights of the individual and individual freedom far more highly than do the citizens of the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.
Ukranians well remember what the lack of individual rights is like.

In the US Laws and measures have recently been passed to :-
Remove the right to a speedy and fair trial if accused of a crime
Completely remove the right to privacy (from government surveillance)
Remove the right of public protest without fear of harassment or intimidation or physical violence by the authorities
Remove the rights of a journalist to write a highly critical piece on the government, without fear of arrest or other intimidation by the government (the UK has already used this)
Allow the Federal government to unilaterally declare Martial Law even if the local Governor or the Mayor disagrees.
Militarize the Police and DHS with ex-army equipment, including armored heavy trucks and armored cars.
Soften up the public to expect abuses by the authorities via the TSA, more frequent police abuses, dry runs of Martial Law, arming of IRS agents etc.
Develop facial recognition software to automatically link a face in a crowd to an id and the surveillance dossier held on every citizen. To be used on surveillance drones and "security" cameras.
Allow surveillance drones to fly in every inch of American airspace via over 50 authorized American military airbases.
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2012/11/obamas-civil-rights-violations.html

Allow limitless political funding by Corporations via SuperPacs and Citizens United.
This takes away the individuals rights to free, fair and unrigged elections.
The outcome of elections in America is now almost exclusively decided by Corporate election funding and by the Corporate controlled and owned mass media.
Individuals hardly ever even get to vote for a candidate that is not completely owned by Corporate interests. Candidates that are not owned by Corporate funding rarely get the publicity required in order to be able to mount a serious campaign.

The TPP and Tafta "trade" agreements (in progress) which subjugate National Sovereignty and individual rights in favor of the rights of multinational Corporations.
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-trans-pacific-partnership.html

Update 12/11 
London's biggest university bans student protests - Channel 4 News
http://www.channel4.com/news/university-of-london-student-protest-ban-senate-house-occupy

In Australia
A new law has been passed (VLAD) which will allow the government to jail almost anyone it does not like for 15 years.
http://www.guestlawyers.com.au/index.php/blog/are-you-a-vicious-lawless-associate.html