 Many judgments are related to the systematic executions of Kurdish civilians, torturing, forced displacements, destroyed villages, arbitrary arrests, and the disappearing or murder of Kurdish journalists, activists and politicians.In the first days of February 1999, the leader of PKK, Abdullah Öcalan was captured in Nairobi by the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) (some sources claim the operation was held by Mossad) and taken to Turkey, where he was sentenced to death under Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code.The first insurgency lasted until 1 September 1999, when the PKK declared a unilateral ceasefire.