ASADA set to be granted new powers in move feared to threaten athletes' rights

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Australia's anti-doping body ASADA is set to receive injection of power and authority, but critics say the planned changes risk athletes' already eroded rights.

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Questions remain over the nature of the enforcement powers, how enforcement related activities will be undertaken, and by whom. Its general secretary Jacob Holmes said the alliance was concerned the burden on athletes continued to grow while at the same time their rights were diminished.

 

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In an ideal world the “ done nothing wrong, nothing to fear” works - in the real world there is so much corruption and greed that giving ASADA or any similar org so much power would be a disaster.

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