New appeal for Abu Qatada LONDON, May 28 (UPI) -- Abu Qatada, fighting deportation from Britain to Jordan where he faces terrorism charges, has launched a new appeal, his lawyers said Monday. Qatada, described by a British judge as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, has spent most of the last decade either in jail or under house arrest in Britain without having been charged with a crime, The Daily Telegraph said Monday. The newspaper pointed out he has used courts in Europe to avoid deportation to Jordan, where he would be charged with terrorism crimes. After British Home Secretary Theresa May gained assurances from Jordan in April that Qatada would receive a fair trial, he was re-arrested with intent to deport him to Jordan, but a British government blunder over deadlines allowed his lawyers to lodge an appeal to Special Immigration Appeals Commission in Strasbourg, France, the newspaper reported. The Strasbourg appeal was rejected, but Qatada is still able to challenge the Jordanian assurances in British courts, the newspaper said.