Despite official restrictions, she and other students have continued to carry out small-scale peaceful protests calling for democracy, rule of law and an end to unlimited use of powers by the military government.
[4] Jaengraew has since been detained by authorities on multiple occasions for standing up to the junta, and demanding policies and measures that uphold democratic ideals and human rights.
Along with several other student activists arrested for peaceful protest in Thailand, Jaengraew is considered a prisoner of conscience and human rights defender by Amnesty International.
She has organised small scale protests, together with other students concerning the rule of law, democracy and to call for the ending of unlimited use of powers by the military government.
[8] On 19 June 2015, the authorities officially called on students and activists who participated in the protests to report to the police with a warning that should they fail to do so, they will be arrested for violating the ban on any political activity for the first anniversary of the Thai military coup.
[3] On 26 June 2015, at around 5:00pm, officers dressed in plain clothes, arrested Chonthicha and 13 other student-activists: Chatupat Boonyapatraksa, Anuwat Suntararak, Payu Boonsopon, Panupong Srithananuwat, Suvicha Tipangkorn, Supachai Pukrongploy, Wasant Satesit, Rattapol Supasupon, Rangsiman Rome, Songtham Kaewpanpruk, Chonthicha Jaengraew, Apisit Sapnapapan, Pakorn Areekul, and Pornchai Yuanyee after a military court warrant charging them of violating the ban on political gatherings under Order Number 3/2015 and sedition under Section 116 of the Thai Penal Code, which allows for up to seven years’ imprisonment for anyone seeking to cause "unrest and disaffection... or to cause people to transgress the laws of the country.
Numerous individuals, youth groups, and non-governmental organizations (such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch) from Thailand and around the world called out the military government in statements and protests, wrote letters, shared poems, took photos, made music, and came together in solidarity for the cause and plight of the 14 Thai students.
[14][15] On 27 May 2024, a court of first instance in Pathum Thani convicted her of lèse majesté and sentenced her to two-year imprisonment for the comments she made about King Vajiralongkorn in 2021.