• WELLINGTON, April 6.— One hundred prominent political, parliamentary and trade union figures in New Zealand today called on the U.S. government to immediately release the five Cuban anti-terrorists who have been serving unjust sentences in that country for more than 10 years.

The letter, sent to the Attorney General Eric Holder, is signed by members of the Hone Harawira (Maori Party) Parliament and Sue Bradford (Green Party), Wellington City Councilor Ray Ahipene Mercer and former ministers Laila Harre and Matt Robson, among others. Others signatories included the Paul Piesse, president of the Alliance Party, and trade union leaders Robert Reid, president of the National Distribution Union, Trevor Hanson of the Maritime Union, and Peter Conway, secretary of the New Zealand Central Council of Trade Unions.

The document recalls the history of blatant injustices in the case and the widespread international condemnation that it has generated, PL reports. It highlights the recent amicus briefs presented to the U.S. Supreme Court by group of prominent figures all over the world, including 10 Nobel Prize winners and dozens of Latin American, European, and Asian members of Parliament, asking it to review the case.