Trump meets Putin in Helsinki; countries should support 20 year old International Criminal Court; EU leaders stay silent on jailed human rights defenders in China; Pussy Riot protest during football World Cup final; labor abuses persist in Thailand's fishing fleets; Hungary is determined to silence any critics left standing; Turkey's abuses against people fleeing violence in Syria.

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Some good news today: France’s 19-year-old soccer star Kylian Mbappé is donating his World Cup winnings to charity, planning to help hospitalized and disabled children have the chance to play. Mbappé is the son of two immigrants, a group that has had a prominent influence on this year's World Cup. 

And now that the World Cup has ended, it's back to reality in Russia. And with many political prisoners still in jail there, the picture remains grim

From earlier today: Following the meeting between the Presidents of Russia and the United States in Helsinki today, it is time for a reality check, provided by HRW's Rachel Denber. Thousands of people have joined protests against autocrat Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump over the weekend.

Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice. The court turns 20 on Tuesday, and HRW and Amnesty International have released a video on why the ICC matters today to a new generation of law students around the world. “The ICC’s hard task of bringing justice to victims of grave international crimes is needed more than ever before,” said Richard Dicker, HRW's international justice director. 

European Union leaders went to China over the weekend for a summit on human rights, and the result was very disappointing.

The football World Cup in Russia has ended with France and diversity as champions. Activists used the final match to protest against the regime of Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Now it is time to look forward to the next World Cup, in Qatar... 

The authorities in Thailand have failed to address widespread labor rights abuses in its fishing fleets, HRW said today in a letter to senior European Union officials. 

With independent media in Hungary largely silenced or taken over, the courts increasingly curbed, and a parliament firmly under the control of the newly re-elected Fidesz ruling party, the country's nongovernmental groups are the most effective remaining voices to hold the government to account. It should come as no surprise then that they are increasingly under fire.

Turkish authorities in Istanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful of recently arrived Syrian asylum seekers. The suspension is leading to unlawful deportations, coerced returns to Syria, and the denial of health care and education to refugees.