"Physical, emotional and digital protection while using home as office in times of COVID-19", 27 Mar 2020

A global pandemic is a new situation for all of us. Most of us already are or soon may be forced to start working remotely.... there is no doubt this crisis will be abused to further repress human rights defenders (HRDs) and human rights organisations (HROs)... This is offered as inspiration to evaluate and improve protection of your particular situation. And if you are a HRD or HRO at risk in your country, you may always reach out to Front Line Defenders for help – the organisation is at work and fully operational during this time... We encourage you to communicate clearly and promptly with your donors and partners.. They also may be able to help you with...portable equipment to work from home or additional at-home security measures... 

Physical protection: Consider which place or room is best to be working on sensitive issues...; Consider locating some good hiding places...; Have a system for destroying sensitive information and files....; Prepare emergency numbers and have them handy...; 

Emotional protection: This situation has a big emotional impact... If possible, have someone to talk to about your current state of being... If you are not under a quarantine, go outside each day,...

Digital protection: Be aware of increased attempts to use the current situation to trick you...into giving access to your accounts, infecting your devices, providing passwords...; Protect your wifi network...; Use password manager...; Consider if you need to use a VPN or a proxy,...