BRITAINS long, proud status as a beacon of Press freedom is under threat tomorrow, warn anti-censorship crusaders across the world.

It will be SNUFFED OUT if MPs back new laws to control newspapers, they say.

A global alliance of free speech campaigners predicted nations eager to muzzle journalists will be watching the historic Commons showdown.

They will be looking for a signal to crack down on their own newspapers.

Tyrant ... Mugabe

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It follows warnings tyrants such as Zimbabwes Robert Mugabe will seize on new UK laws to further curb free speech in their own countries.

Press freedom fighters urged MPs NOT to sign a new tough system of self-regulation into law.

They warned it would have grave implications across the world.

Bitter wrangling over the Press comes to a head in tomorrows Commons vote.

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