Homes have been burned, dancers and street-walkers are being beaten, and court cases against police have been dropped due to threats, the newspaper said.
The crackdown intensified during the recent United Nations Habitat II summit. Transvestites were told to disappear and several of their homes were allegedly torched.
One source told the newspaper that police beat crossdressers with cables. "One of the policemen has a handful of different- colored cables and asks you to pick one," he said. "If you choose a color he whips you with that one. If you don't, you are hit with all of them."
Additional reports say transgendered people have been tied up and hung upside-down, kicked in the groin, and slammed into walls while being held by their hair, according to The Guardian.