“ In pursuit of the “war on terror”, the USA and other Western states have made allies among the security and intelligence services of some of the most repressive regimes in the region. They have secretly “rendered” suspects to states such as Egypt, Jordan and Syria, so they can be detained, interrogated and tortured, or they have deported them to Algeria or Tunisia despite such risk. In doing so, they have not only breached international law, but helped entrench the abusive methods of the region’s security apparatus. ”