A former Syrian diplomat who represented the regime of President Bashar Assad during the country’s tumultuous civil war has landed a teaching job at Rutgers University in New Jersey, sparking outrage from human rights groups.
Mazen Adi joined the school’s Political Science Department as a part-time lecturer in 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Before joining New Jersey’s flagship public university, Adi served as a diplomat and legal adviser at the Permanent Mission of Syria to the United Nations in New York.
His role there included, “Representing Syria in all meetings, deliberations, and negotiations that took place at the United Nations Headquarters which deals with different international legal aspects, such as Administrative Law, International Trade Law, Treaty Law, International Humanitarian Law, International criminal law and many other fields of International Law,” according to his LinkedIn profile.
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