Atom Araullo depicts the lives of the forgotten Rohingya people of Myanmar

For his first documentary for "I-Witness", Atom Araullo delved into the lives of the forgotten Rohingya people of Myanmar, dubbed by the United Nations as "the world's most persecuted minority."

We learned in Araullo's hauntingly eye-opening documentary "Silang Nakalimutan" that Myanmar have denied the citizenship of the Rohingya in the decade-long oppression; nearly a million of them have fled to Bangladesh since the first security attack in 1977.

Watching the documentary made us very uncomfortable, and seeing Atom's personal photos that he took behind-the-scenes, more so.

Araullo traveled to the capital of Bangladesh in Dhaka where he met with fellow Filipinos who prepared relief goods to be distributed to the Rohingya in refugee camps.

In an interview with GMA News Online, Atom recalled the tragedies he has witnessed in the camps and the testimonies he has heard from the survivors.

"They talk about their villages being burned, men in the village being killed by the military. 'Yung mga kababaihan daw are systematically raped, yung mga bata sinasaktan. Hindi sila napapayagan na makapagtrabaho, makapagsaka, makapangisda," he recalled.

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"I haven’t seen that kind of situation before. 'Yung ganun ka-desperado yung mga tao. Sa totoo lang it’s really heartbreaking, and it’s still happening," he added.

Check out Atom's personal photos of the Rohingya crisis in this gallery below:

— Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News