On Tuesday, a declassified report by the US Senate Intelligence Committee found "enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA on militants detained in secret prisons were ineffective and never produced information which led to the disruption of imminent terrorist plots.

Mr Habib has been battling to sue the Egyptian government over his rendition, detention and torture but the case collapsed just two weeks ago because the Australian government would not verify that documents Mr Habib was using in his case were official government documents.

In the court proceedings last month, Mr Habib's lawyers were told they had five days to present verification of Australian documents needed for his case, or it would be dismissed. A lawyer for the Australian government told the court in Cairo they would not be waiving their diplomatic immunity and they would not participate in the proceedings.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that under international law, the Australian government is not obligated to participate in foreign legal proceedings.

Mr Habib said he is "angry" at the way he has been treated even after it has been proven that he was rendered to Egypt and Australia knew about it.