VIENNA, Austria — More nations must take in Guantanamo inmates once the U.S.-run prison closes, the U.N.’s torture investigator said today, insisting that many were held simply because they were "in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Manfred Nowak told Austrian radio he hopes more countries will set aside their misgivings and show solidarity with the incoming government of President-elect Barack Obama, who has vowed to shut the detention center in eastern Cuba.