Australia joins UN condemnation of Cambodia but refugee deal remains

Forty-five members of human rights council warn Hun Sen is presiding over an increasingly authoritarian regime

Australia has joined 44 other nations at the UN human rights council in condemning growing political violence and repression in Cambodia ahead of elections there this year.

Hun Sen, Cambodia's strongman leader, was in Sydney last weekend for the Australia-Asean summit and met the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull. It is understood the pair discussed human rights issues and the upcoming elections, as well as trade and the region's nuclear threats.