Pass it on: This 40-second clip will give you chills.

A lot of people today are listening to a particular 40-second clip of audio today.

They are feeling the hairs on their arms stand up on end, a lump rise in their throat, and a compulsion to take action on an issue that matters.

That clip forms part of footage obtained exclusively by The Guardian, which was filmed in Manus Island Detention Centre– and it will change the mind of anyone who believes asylum seekers are treated fairly in offshore attention centres.

Here’s the footage; skip to the last 40 seconds for the audio. (Post and transcript continue after video):

The entire video is confronting; it shows detainees on a hunger strike on Manus Island and at least one man, from Egypt, who has sewn his lips shut in protest.

But it is the audio clip of a man at the video’s conclusion that will chill you — and compel you to take action.

Speaking in a voice that breaks with emotion, the man says his mind “doesn’t work anymore” (1.31 of the video) and he has lost the will to live.

If you can’t watch the whole thing now, here’s the text of the man’s helpless plea:

“Why you have to suffer like this? What we did?

Let your government … to kill us. Let your government to kill us.

We are human beings.

We are not bad people. We are educated people.

Please help us.

Please help. We’re begging you, help us.

Our minds…don’t work anymore.

Please help us.”

If you would like to assist asylum seekers and refugees in Australia and the offshore detention centres, please see these links:

See The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s donations page and its volunteering page.

See the Refugee Council’s “Write to be heard” campaign.

Volunteer for Welcome to Australia.

Get involved in the Welcome Dinner Project.