I may be wrong here, but doesnt this apply?
Quote:
Article 101
Definition of piracy
Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation,
committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private
ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against
persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside
the jurisdiction of any State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of
an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or
aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described
in subparagraph (a) or (b).
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http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/BH825.txt
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
I bolded the word detention as this is certainly, to me anyway, what the protesters intended on and did.