berlin spoke to the turkish ambassador and demand it the immediate release of peter steudtner. a major double medic crisis. judges as puppets. protesters in poland say the government is robbing courts of their independence. the e.u. agrees, and says if warsaw does not change course, there will be consequences. the british royals arrived in germany, and we are not just talking about 2-year-old princess charlotte and older brother george. they brought their parents, prince william and princess kate, with them to berlin. i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. turkey's ambassador was summoned to the german foreign ministry today, and this is what he heard. the turkish government needs to immediately and directly here the german government's outrage and in comprehension. the ambassador pledged to deliver that message to ankara. berlin is demanding the release of german citizen peter steudtner, being held on terror charges, one of six human rights activists arrested this week. >> germany's foreign ministry summoned turkey's ambassador on wednesday morning. berlin is demandi

brent: earlier we spoke to peter steudtner's partner. we asked her what she thinks of the terror accusations being leveled against him in turkey. >> the only word that occurs to me is absurd. i think peter and the other human rights activists prove the allegations false with their work and how they've chosen to lead their lives. they stand for nonviolence, for human rights, and for peaceful demands to protect human rights. brent: the abuse went on for decades. people knew about it and apparently did nothing to stop it. that is only part of the findings abuse and violence. hundreds of choirboys from germany's world famous boys choir, the regendsburg domspatzen, were subjected to physical and sexual violence by catholic priests and teachers treat a new report says the man who ran the choir for decades turned a blind eye. that man was the brother of the former pope benedict the 16th. reporter: world famous for its music, the domspatzen boys' choir in regensburg is considered one of germany's elite. it has also been plagued by abuse scandal

reporter: the meeting brought no breakthroughs in the cases of the jailed human rights activist peter steudtner a german-turkish journalist, deniz yucel. no sign yet of ankara softening its stance. brent: poland's right-wing government says it will not be backing away from controversial plans to reform the country's justice system. the country's president and he will not veto two of the bills that critics feared would limit judicial independence, but this morning he signed a third bill that will allow:'s justice minister to name the heads of all lower courts. the president's decision comes amid nationwide protests. thousands of polls have taken to the streets. the european commission plans to discuss the issue on wednesday after talk of sanctions and withdrawing voting rights from poland if the reforms are passed. muslim leaders have told worshipers to continue a boycott of the al-aqsa mosque in central jerusalem. even after israel remove controversial metal detectors at the entrance. those metal detectors sparked deadly violence. muslims saw the barriers as a violation of their official author