Memes

August 3, 2026 – August 9, 2026

This week’s memes:

(The memes published by MPA are presented as objects of analysis and documentation. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement of the views or positions expressed within them, but serves to examine how such narratives circulate in the public sphere.)

Meme 1:

The commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Honourable Anura Kumara, who gave his brave leadership for the operation to calm the Mahara Prison!

Wherever you may be, there will be no fear nor worry

Meme 2:

The prison is calm, the opposition is not

Meme 3:

Let us defeat the conspiracies led by the corrupt gangs of the opposition to place the government in an awkward position by creating conflicts in prison.

Meme 4:

The spectre behind the destruction of the Mahara Prison must be looked into immediately

Meme 5:

Meme 6:

Used prison officers, the Sri Lanka Police, Special Task Force, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Army Special Forces, Sri Lanka Air Force, helicopters and curfew to stop a prison brawl

Meme 7:

You all should have first given them a prison to run and see

Meme 8:

Top (News report): “I do not know yet how the wounded got injured” – The justice minister

Bottom: Oh, please dobis, educate the boss a little; apparently he still does not know [how the incarcerated persons got injured]

Meme 9:

Meme 10:

Even a child would understand that the prison unrest is a conspiracy executed to destabilise the country

Meme 11:

“How on earth will you escape by making a hole like this?”

Context: This meme mocks incarcerated persons attempting to breach a perimeter wall to escape during unrest at the Pallansena Open-Air Correctional Centre in Negombo.

Meme 12:

The Great Sangha Conference simply in brief

Meme 13:

When you have been dragged away for a Sangha Conference while standing near a lake in Weeraketiya with your fishing net

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