Editing Handcuffs (section)

==National regulations regarding depiction of handcuffed suspects==
[[File:Aa tattonpark2010 handcuffs.jpg|thumb|right|Display of old [[handcuff]]s, [[Tatton Park Flower Show]], 2010]]
In [[Japan]], if an arrested suspect of crime was [[photograph]]ed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be [[pixelization|pixelated]] if it is used on [[Television|TV]] or in the [[newspaper]]s. This is because [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], who had been arrested on suspicion of the murder of his wife, brought a successful case to court arguing that being pictured in handcuffs implied [[guilt (law)|guilt]], and had [[prejudiced]] the [[trial (law)|trial]].<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:『逆転無罪』 | url=http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/miurajiken.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702105001/http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/miurajiken.html | archive-date=2007-07-02 | publisher=Matsuyama University | access-date=2010-02-26|language=ja}}</ref>

Similarly, in [[France]], a law prohibits media from airing images of people in handcuffs, or otherwise restrained, before they have been convicted by a court.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite journal | title = France Urges Restraint From Media, Politicians | journal = Wall Street Journal| date = May 18, 2011 | first = Thomas | last = Varela |author2=David Gauthier-Villars | url = https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703421204576328982375553362 | access-date =September 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite journal | title = French Shocked by I.M.F. Chief's 'Perp Walk' | journal=New York Times | date = May 16, 2011 | first = Scott | last = Sayare |author2=Maïa de la Baume |author3=Rober Mackey | url = http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/french-shocked-by-i-m-f-chiefs-perp-walk/?ref=europe | access-date =May 17, 2011}}</ref> Also in Italy the Code of criminal procedure prohibits the publication of images of people deprived of personal liberty while they are handcuffed or subjected to other means of physical coercion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-05 |title=è illecita la pubblicazione di una foto di una persona in stato di arresto con le manette, anche se queste sono state "pixellate" per non renderle chiaramente visibili |url=https://www.diritto.it/e-illecita-la-pubblicazione-di-una-foto-di-una-persona-in-stato-di-arresto-con-le-manette-anche-se-queste-sono-state-pixellate-per-non-renderle-chiaramente-visibili/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Diritto.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> According to the Italian independent authority on data protection, the same prohibition applies when the image of the handcuffs is pixelated.<ref name=":0" />

In [[Hong Kong]], people being arrested and led away in handcuffs are usually given the chance by the policemen to have their heads covered by a black cloth bag.

In [[Sri Lanka]], women are generally not handcuffed by the police.

The High Court in [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]], prohibited in mid July 2020 the use of handcuffs under any circumstances, as it violates the constitution.<ref>[https://www.az.com.na/nachrichten/rechte-von-angeklagten-gestrkt2020-07-21/ ''Rechte von Angeklagten gestärkt.'' Allgemeine Zeitung, 21 July 2020.]</ref>