A dialogue held in 2006 with separatist leaders opposed to Indian rule failed to produce a breakthrough.

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Ms Estemirova had little sympathy with separatist self-rule and was quick to see through the nationalist rhetoric of General Jokhar Dudayev, who came to power in 1991.

ECONOMIST: The testimony of a murdered human-rights campaigner

Once a minister in Kashmir's state government, he became disillusioned with Indian rule, joined the separatist cause and spent time in Indian jails.

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