The judges said the court accepted that Qatada "is regarded as a very dangerousperson", but that was not "a relevant consideration" under human rights laws.
"The trial of a deceased person and the forcible involvement of his relatives is adangerous precedent that would open a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record, " Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia Director John Dalhuisen said.
Body language was the basis for our earliest form of communication when the split-second ability to recognize if aperson or situation was benign or dangerous was often a matter of life or death.