Gaddafi is Dead From inside the Libyan Revolution by Mads Nissen   Libya He comes up to me, friendly but persistent, and screams at me directly in the face. What touches me is not his words, but what seems to be his own surprise when hearing the words coming from his mouth, leaving his lips and coming out into the open for everyone to hear. The phrase "Gaddafi is a dirty rat" may not seem original when you hear it over and over again in the streets of Benghazi. But saying those words out in public was until very recently equal to prison or death. To me, his euphoric surprise by hearing his own words contained much of what the Libyan revolution is all about: Years and years of repression. Years and years of fear. Years and years of not knowing who to trust - that suddenly seemed to be over and now this young man and his friends couldn't stop themselves from dancing, singing, honking their horns and shooting spontaneously into the air endlessly for days. After I graduated from journalism school in Denmark I moved to China where I was based for two years. Though the situation in Libya is very different to that of China, it seems to me that there are some similarities like the lack of basic human rights, justice and freedom of speech. Motivated by this, I decided to cover the Libyan revolution and their self-declared fight for democracy and freedom. Crossing the border from Egypt into Libya is like entering a bubble of extremes. In February and March, during two trips, I spend about a month in this bubble of extreme joy, relief, anger, fear, hope, loss, pain and anxiety of what the future might bring.  Article contains some shocking images. All of our advertising is certified by Google and therefore may be viewed safely.