as charlie angelo reports. >> reporter: the prize this year will go to the saudi arabia blogg bloggerranslator: i call on the king of saudi arabia to immediately grant mercy on him and free him so he can accept the prize. >> a standing ovation at the eu parliament for the 31-year-old who is online writing about free speech were met with a jail sentence and public flogging convicted in 2012 for insulting islam after he criticized senior religious figures and following death threat his wife and three children fled saudi arabia and living in canada they campaign for his release and his wife said she will tell him about the award in a weekly call. >> translator: prizes have an effect on his psychological well-being and hope it will have an impact on his legal case. life is in a very bad psychological and emotional situation and jailed three years from his kids and family and flogged in a public place and ten year prison sentence and ten year travel band. >> the first of 50 of the latches were carried out in january. the remaining 950 have been postponed. and his wounds were slow to heal.

charlie angelo, al jazeera. >>> candidate from tanzania ruling party is declared winner of the presidentiald as president elect supporters celebrate and there are concerns that opposition supporters could potentially take to the streets and the candidate claims the election was not fair and catherine soy has more from salom. >> reporter: the victory was no surprise to supporters and he has been leading since counting began on monday. in the streets of tanzania capitol his supporters dance to a favorite tune. ♪ they say the former minister is going to change the party and what the country needs. >> translator: i believe he is like a tractor an order in government and it will be better with him as president. >> reporter: the elections are free and fair. and under international observers have said this. >> reporter: he has won the election with 8.8 million votes against his closest opponent edward who had roughly 6 million. the president elect, and say they are not giving them a break. they are celebrating. the election was not real fair. and so earlier members of the main opposition coalition

charlie angelo reports from central london. >> britain has rolled out the red carpet for president xi treating him to a procession with the queen through central london. at the start of his four-day visit he was given the rare honor to address the house and parliament. >> parliamenparliamentariens are the quee cream of society. i hope you'll continue to promote the u.k. relations with china, strengthen our friendship and support our cooperation, and i hope you'll build a bridge of understanding and create a brighter and promising future for our bilateral ties. >> ministers expect president xi to endorse $45 billion in trade and investment deals as they look for cash for projects for high speed rail links to power stations. >> there will be big announcements i have no doubt in terms of energy, infrastructure, health, finance, quite a wide range of sectors, and it's an opportunity to engage in lots of different levels. >> not everyone wants a closer relationship with china. protesting outside of buckingham pal are human rights groups. >> in the last three years xi jinping's presidency h