Catherine Eden, a lawyer for the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition, says the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding. South African delegates to the 15-nation conference, she said, wanted to hold a short commemoration of the seventh anniversary of South Africa's deadly Marikana mine massacre on Aug. 16. 
Catherine Eden, umunyamategeko mu ihuriro ry'abaharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu muri Tanzaniya, avuga ko ibyabaye byaturutse ku kutumvikana. Yavuze ko intumwa za Afurika y'Epfo mu nama y'ibihugu 15, yashakaga gukora mu gihe gito cyo kwibuka ku nshuro ya karindwi ubwicanyi bwibasiye ikirombe cya Marikana muri Afurika y'Epfo ku ya 16 Kanama.