Zimbabwean lawyers and a rights group will court to challenge the government’s shutdown of the web, which still can’t seem to be completely reestablished after the current week’s across the country strike.

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd., the nation’s greatest cell phone operator, said Wednesday night it’s as yet blocking access to some social-media sites on government guidelines. The state requested the services disconnected to quell protests that led to clashes with police in which no less than eight individuals passed on.

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights intends to go to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR said in an announcement emailed Thursday from the capital, Harare. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter stays shut until further notice, Econet said in an announcement.

The shutdown is a “violation of citizens’ fundamental rights including access to information enshrined in Section 61 of the constitution,” ZLHR said.

Some technically knowledgeable Zimbabweans discovered answers for the internet block and BestVPN.com detailed a 1,560 percent surge in searches for Virtual Private Networks Monday and Tuesday, contrasted with seven days sooner. That worked until the point when government shut the internet totally for around 30 hours, as indicated by Cara Lutz,an account manager at Chicago-based Walker Sands Communications.