1) For information on the Awami League, please refer to the following documents, all of them available at your regional Documentation Centre:
Europa World Year Book 1989, vol.I, (London: Europa, 1989), p. 432-434.
Glèze F. et al., L'état du monde 1989-1990, (Paris and Montréal: La Découverte and Boréal, 1989), p. 349.
Delury G.T. World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties, vol.I, (New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1987), p. 80-81.
Day A. and H.W. Degenhardt, Political Parties of the World, (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1984), p. 22.
Degenhardt H.W. Revolutionary and Dissident Movements in the World, (London: Longman, 1988), p. 20.

2) and 3) No information specific to the Pathakhali Poets Association of Bangladesh or to the government control of publishing activities is currently available at the IRBDC in Ottawa. During the month of February 1989, however, major demonstrations were held for related religious and "literary" reasons, i.e. to condemn British author Salman Rushdie writings [ "Party Rally Demands Hanging of Author Rushdie", AFP [Hong Kong, in English], 17 February 1989 at 1506 GMT, (FBIS-NES-89-035, 23 February 1989, p. 41).
"Armed Police Guard British Council Library", AFP [Hong Kong, in English], 2 March 1989 at 0805 GMT, (FBIS-NES-89-040, 2 March 1989, p. 50).
"AFP: Shots Fired at Anti-Rushdie Demonstrations", AFP [Hong Kong, in English], 3 March 1989 at 1226 GMT, (FBIS-NES-89-042, 6 March 1989, p. 49).
"Bookstores Faulted", Facts on File, 49(2518), 24 February 1989, p. 118, second column, second paragraph.].

4) No information is currently available on the 8th amendment of 1988 in Bangladesh.