. >>> john michael fooley proclaimed president elect after the body dismissed opposition demands forount and samuel zanzabar vote annulled and claims they won and observer groups say the poll was credible. now saudi blogger has been awarded the eu prize for human rights in freedom of thought, and is currently serving a ten year jail sentence for writings on freedom of speech and received a number of prizes since his incarceration but the prize is the most high profile. as charlie angelo reports. >> reporter: the prize this year will go to the saudi arabia blogg blogger. >> translator: 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 ab