Wikileaks is an international organization, based in Sweden, It has won a number of new media awards for its reports.

Wikileaks went public in January 2007, when it first appeared on the Web.

Wikileaks states that its "primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and corporations."

In January 2007, the website stated that it had over 1.2 million leaked documents that it was preparing to publish.