Now, however, there are fresh concerns: while Syria under Assad saw political debates repressed, some worry that repression by clerics could end up forbidding some forms of art seen as anti-religious.

But the Writers Guild of America West issued an advisory Wednesday forbidding its members from working on the film.

The PhD candidate was moved from Massachusetts to the southern state despite a judge's order forbidding her rendition.

Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa, but separated by the forbidding mountain ranges.

Of course, the biggest of the lessons learned should have been to honor the laws, both domestic and international, forbidding torture.