main industry comes from the tourist that visits the beautiful shores every year. Although today the Maldives are a beautiful paradise that sees more than 900,000 tourists per year it was not always so peaceful. For almost 30 years president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, a president that some called a dictator, for his unchallenged elections that he had won almost to effortlessly, had his way in the Maldives. A big example of how he abused his power was with jails. He would arrest anyone who opposed him