Hyrbyair Marri

Hyrbyair Marri is an activist from Balochistan, and president of the Free Balochistan Movement. He is the fifth son of the Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri. As of 2017, he resides in London.

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. He completed his early education in Quetta and Kabul before moving to Moscow for higher education at the Moscow State University.

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 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.
The Government of Pakistan alleges that Marri is the founder and leader of the Balochistan Liberation Army, which is designated a terrorist organization by Pakistan, the United Kingdom and the United States, but he was tried and acquitted of terrorism charges by a British court in 2009. The British government granted his request for political asylum in 2011.
In October 2015, India confirmed the presence of a representative of Baloch leader Nawabzada Hyrbyair Marri in New Delhi, signaling a potential shift in its stance toward separatist movements in Pakistan. Responding to a report by The Hindu, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup stated that the representative’s presence reaffirms India’s long-standing tradition of offering refuge to persecuted individuals from across the world.
Recently, Hyrbyair Marri was among 13 booked for terrorism charges by Pakistani authorities for masterminding the Chinese consulate attack in Karachi.

In 2012, the United Baloch Army broke away from the Baloch Liberation Army. According to them, this was due to financial fraud involving Hyrbyair Marri and his brother Mehran Marri, in BLA's funding.

In November of 2024 Hyrbyair Marri condemned the joint-airstrike conducted by both Iran and Pakistan in the Panjgur Region of Pakistani Balochistan, which was done against Jaysh al-Adl.
He stated that:
He also said that:
On top of this, he ended by saying: