Bonjour!
J'ai trouvé des infos fraîches sur un autre forum... c'est en anglais, pardon, mais je n'ai absolument pas le temps de faire une traduction :
I was in
Sittwe
twice in April. I spent several days with a local Rakhine woman there, and have stayed in email touch with her.
From 5 June to 19 June I didn’t hear from her, then got an email in which she explained that she’d been without internet service much of that time. She said also that there’d been much burning of houses in Sittwe. She lives near the center of town. She said “We are at war. We are not safe even in my town, ” and that she lives in fear.
I got another email 21 June, telling of continued burnings--one near Sittwe University, another near U Ottama Park in the city center (on the Main Road along which the hotels are situated.) She said that in a separate incident 11 villagers were killed, including her uncle-in-law and his son. She said “The situation here is not ok yet.”
This is, as you know, ethnic/sectarian violence, and not directed at foreigners. I suppose that if a person was determined to get to
Mrauk U (a most delightful destination), you’d arrange to arrive in Sittwe by air, stay over one night, and catch a boat the next morning to
Mrauk U. Since the government boats don’t go every day, you’d want to know that your arrival in Sittwe is one day before the
Mrauk U boat. Of course, since you must come back through Sittwe upon departing
Mrauk U, you’d run the risk of the situation deteriorating before you got back to Sittwe.
Altogether, not an inviting situation. Be assured that the situation is indeed volatile and the dangers real, even if there are indications that control is being re-established.
Disclaimer: my friend is Rakhine, and a Buddhist. She fears violence from the Rohingya Muslims. The Rohingyas have reportedly themselves been the victims of much violence. I don’t express support for either side, and don’t wish to engage in a discussion of the merits of this conflict.
A 21June article on the unrest:
Bangkok Post article 
