Li Chunfu (???) is a human rights lawyer and the younger brother of the well-known rights lawyer Li Heping (???). On August 1, 2015, he was taken into custody (less than a month after his brother was also detained on July 10) and put under residential surveillance for six months. In January 2016 he was formally arrested on charges of "subversion of state power." On January 5, 2017, he was granted China's version of bail awaiting trial, and on January 12 returned home by police. Following is the first report by Wang Qiaoling (???), Li Heping's wife, of the homecoming. We know from multiple cases of personal testimony, both published and privately relayed, that the 709 detainees have been subjected to extreme torture in custody. Given the mental and physical condition Li Chunfu was left in after nearly 18 months in police custody, we urge the international human rights community to immediately begin an investigation into the extreme abuse that Li Chunfu, Li Heping, Jiang Tianyong, Wang Quanzhang, and others targeted in the 709 arrests have suffered. - The Editors When the human rights lawyer Li Chunfu was delivered to the front doorstep of his family home in Beijing at 5:00 p.m. on January 12, his wife was stunned by what she saw: Li's body was emaciated, his complexion wan, his eyes lifeless - like he'd just aged to a 60-year-old-man. The police told Li's wife that he was being released on "bail," then turned on his heel and left. But Li stood, hovering at the door, refusing to enter. His wife began to weep. When she tried to pull him in by the hand, he was terrified and pulled away. Relatives who lived nearby heard that he'd been dropped off and rushed over, but rather than greet them Li became agitated and upset, jumping up and pushing them away, yelling "Get out of here! Danger!" Friends and family could do nothing but back away and sit at a distance from him. Today (January 13), Li is still in a state of terror and confusion. When he saw his wife making a phone call, he shot his arm out and gripped her tight around the neck, growling: "Who are you calling?! You want to harm me!" As he yelled, he dug his fingers in, strangling her. Luckily, a relative was there and took control of the situation, pulling him away. Li's relatives can't bear it and called his sister-in-law, Wang Qiaoling, to explain the situation. The security police (??) had warned Li's wife that she was allowed no contact with Wang Qiaoling, or else Li would be taken away again.