Every day when I listen to what's going on in the White House, I feel that our freedoms are being chipped away, one by one. Slowly, so that most people don't realize what's happening. It's happening throughout the world, and this will change us forever. Here are some examples of how democracy is being hurt by democratic countries around the world. Most of these laws refer to how activism and protest are being restricted.
| Australia | Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Law | 2018 | Imposes reporting and financial obligations on all NGOs working with foreign principals in Australia |
| Austria | Amendment to the 1912 Law on Islam | 2015 | Restricts access to foreign funding for mosques, imams and Muslim organizations in Austria |
| Hungary | Transparency Act & Immigration Law Amendments | 2018 | Imposes criminal liability if NGO staff are found supporting ineligible asylum seekers; requires separate registration and labeling for NGOs receiving more than approx. $26,000 per year; imposes a special 25% tax on groups deemed to support immigration |
| India | The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act | 2010 | Requires that all NGOs that accept foreign contributions register with the government, use designated banks and maintain separate accounts for the receipt and disbursement of funds. Such requests can be denied if the government decides that an NGO's work is not in the national interest |
| Israel | Transparency Law | 2016 | Requires all NGOs operating in Israel that get more than half of their funding from abroad to declare their reliance on foreign funding in all dealings with officials and in all publications |
| Poland | The Law on the National Institute of Freedom | 2017 | Consolidates all power over NGO funding, whether foreign or domestic, into the hands of new government board that decides which NGOs will and will not receive public funds |
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