July 7, 2013 -- Updated 1343 GMT (2143 HKT)
Hours after he was deported from the United Kingdom to Jordan on Sunday,
radical cleric Abu Qatada denied the terror charges against him in
Jordan, legal sources close to the case told CNN Arabic. FULL STORY
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Jordan: Radical cleric Abu Qatada denies terror charges
July 7, 2013 -- Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT)
Abu Qatada, shown in November 2012, was convicted in absentia in Jordan in 1999 on conspiracy charges.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Legal sources: Abu Qatada appears in court, denies the charges against him
- He was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to cause explosions
- Britain had been trying to deport Abu Qatada since 2005
- Videos of his sermons were found in an apartment used by some involved in 9/11 attacks
Abu Qatada was tried and
convicted in absentia in Jordan in 1999 on two charges of conspiracy to
cause explosions, court documents say.
Jordan will hold a fair
trial for Abu Qatada for alleged terrorist attacks in 1999 and 2000,
government spokesman Mohammed Al-Momani told the official Petra News
Agency.
The constitution will guarantee respect for human rights, he said.
Abu Qatada's deportation early Sunday ended a years-long legal battle to force the Jordanian national to leave the country.
Britain had been trying to deport Abu Qatada since 2005, but his legal appeals kept him there.
"His departure marks the
conclusion of efforts to remove him since 2001 and I believe this will
be welcomed by the British public," Home Secretary Theresa May said in a
written statement.
"I am glad that this
government's determination to see him on a plane has been vindicated and
that we have at last achieved what previous governments, Parliament and
the British public have long called for. This dangerous man has now
been removed from our shores to face the courts in his own country."
In January 2012, the
European Court of Human Rights blocked Britain from sending him to
Jordan because of fears that evidence obtained by torture could be used
against him at the trial planned by the Middle Eastern country.
UK authorities accuse
Abu Qatada of raising funds for terrorist groups, including
organizations linked to the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and
say he has publicly supported the violent activities of those groups.
Videos of his preaching
were found in a German apartment used by some of those involved in the
9/11 attacks on the United States, including ringleader Mohammed Atta.
Abu Qatada has denied the allegations against him.
Also known as Omar
Othman, Abu Qatada arrived in the UK in 1993 and applied for asylum on
the grounds that he had been tortured by Jordanian authorities. He came
to Britain on a forged United Arab Emirates passport, according to court
documents, and claimed asylum for himself, his wife and their three
children.
He was ordered back to
prison in April after evidence suggested he had violated his bail
conditions. These include an order that prohibits him from allowing cell
phones to be turned on in his house, and a ban on devices such as
rewritable CDs and flash drives.
CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq, Caroline Faraj, Mitra Mobasherat and Antonia Mortensen contributed to this report.
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