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Why do you say .io is a crime against humanity?

.io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is associated with the forced displacement of the Chagos islander people to make room for the Diego Garcia military base, amongst others. The British unilaterally decided to detach the Chagos archipelago from Mauritius before it got independent, which the deported people say (not without reason) is a crime against their human rights.

To back that up - the Chagosian claim is backed by the UK and rulings at the International Court of Justice. The UN supports Mauritius' claim to the territory.

Even besides the literal crimes against humanity, the .io domain really doesn't need to exist - what with the British Indian Ocean Territory having no permanent population and really not being a country at all.

"Being a country" isn't the criteria for the ISO code or domain.

Consider AQ, TW, GG, SJ, EH, HK and many others.

TW is a controversial inclusion in your list.

Several of them are controversial to someone.

AQ is controversial to countries who want to exploit Antarctica's natural resources.

TW is controversial to China.

GG is controversial where it's used for tax evasion etc.

EH to Morocco, HK to the UK/China.

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