Protections against arbitrary acts of the government are technically known as A. civil liberties. An example of a civil liberty is the right to practice whichever religion you please.
Ideological mean something has to to with a particular idea or set of ideas. Some would say that certain organizations are based off of ideologies. For example The school follows Christian ideology.
He didn’t want to punish them like the other allies, but he wanted peace. So A is wrong, D is wrong and B seems to be irrelevant. So the answer is C for me.