Hyrbyair Marri

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| birth_name = Hyrbyair Marri

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|1|13}}

| birth_place = Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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| relations = Khair Bakhsh Marri (father)
Changez Marri (brother)
Balach Marri (brother)
Ghazan Marri (brother)
Mehran Baluch (brother)
Hamza Marri (brother)

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Hyrbyair Marri ({{langx|bal|حیربیار مری}}) (born 1968) is an activist from Balochistan, Pakistan and president of the Free Balochistan Movement.{{cite web |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/5794-hyrbyair-marri-launches-free-balochistan-movement |title=Hyrbyair Marri launches Free Balochistan Movement |last=Baloch |first=Jamal |date=23 July 2016 |website=The Sunday Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150228/https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/5794-hyrbyair-marri-launches-free-balochistan-movement |archive-date=2016-11-20}}

He is the fifth son of the Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri. As of 2017, he resides in London.{{cite news |last=Khan |first=Amir |date=1 October 2017 |title=Pakistan to move Interpol for arrest of Hyrbyair, Brahumdagh |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1520541/balochistan-peace-focus-pakistan-move-interpol-arrest-hyrbyair-brahumdagh/ |url-status=live |newspaper=The Express Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222233614/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1520541/balochistan-peace-focus-pakistan-move-interpol-arrest-hyrbyair-brahumdagh/ |archive-date=2017-12-22}}

Early life

Hyrbyair was born in Quetta as the fifth son of Khair Bakhsh Marri, the sardar of the Marri tribe. Hyrbyair's elder brothers are Changez Marri, Balach Marri, Ghazan Marri and Hamza Marri; his younger brother is Mehran Baluch. In 1980 he came to the United Kingdom with his family, before they moved to Afghanistan in 1981 during General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's regime.{{cite news |last=Khan |first=M Ilyas |date=11 June 2014 |title=Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27801253 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813102710/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27801253 |archive-date=2017-08-13 }} He completed his early education in Quetta and Kabul before moving to Moscow for higher education at the Moscow State University.

Political activities and asylum

Marri returned to Balochistan in 1992. His father was too old to start a new political struggle so his brother Balach Marri took his father's place. In 1997, Hyrbyair was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan and was {{citation needed span|date=June 2024|appointed Communion Minister of the province.}} In 2000, Balochistan Police arrested and charged his father with the murder of Balochistan High Court justice Nawaz Marri; Hyrbyair left Balochistan for Britain at this time.{{cite report |date=August 2006 |title=Conflict in Balochistan: Report of HRC Fact-Finding Missions, December 2005-January 2006 |url=https://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2006-Conflict-in-Balochistan.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Human Rights Commission of Pakistan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111143435/https://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2006-Conflict-in-Balochistan.pdf |archive-date=2024-01-11}}{{cite news |last=Shah |first=Murtaza Ali |date=30 January 2011 |title=Hyrbyair Marri wins political asylum case |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-28397-Hyrbyair-Marri-wins-political-asylum-case |url-status=live |newspaper=The News International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422185925/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/90818-hyrbyair-marri-wins-political-asylum-case |archive-date=2018-04-22 }}

The Government of Pakistan alleges that Marri is the leader of the Balochistan Liberation Army, which is designated a terrorist organization by Pakistan,{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/456294/list-of-banned-organisations-in-pakistan |title=List of banned organisations in Pakistan |author= |date=24 October 2012 |website=The Express Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026232240/https://tribune.com.pk/story/456294/list-of-banned-organisations-in-pakistan |archive-date=2012-10-26}} the United Kingdom{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version |title=Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations |author= |date=26 April 2024 |department=Home Office |website=gov.uk |type=Policy paper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814122610/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version |archive-date=2024-08-14 |quote=Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) - Proscribed July 2006}} and the United States,{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/executive-order-13224/ |title=Executive Order 13224 |author= |date= |department=Bureau of Counterterrorism |website=United States Department of State |access-date=2024-08-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20220112175915/https://www.state.gov/executive-order-13224/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004785/1-us-declares-bla-terrorist-outfit |title=US declares Balochistan Liberation Army a terrorist group |last=Yousaf |first=Kamran |date=2 July 2019 |website=The Express Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708035209/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004785/1-us-declares-bla-terrorist-outfit/ |archive-date=2019-07-08}} but he was tried and acquitted of terrorism charges by a British court in 2009.{{cite news |last=Bennett-Jones |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Bennett-Jones |date=16 January 2015 |title=Will the UK and Pakistan co-operate on security interests? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30853304 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201210553/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30853304 |archive-date=2016-02-01 }} The British government granted his request for political asylum in 2011.

Hyrbyair Marri

Early life

Political activities and asylum

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